As I read this past week, Oscar Mayer is backing one of the more interesting social media/viral/guerilla marketing campaigns that I have seen recently. In case you haven’t heard of the Great American Bacon Barter promotion, the brand has recruited unknown actor/comedian Josh Sankey to drive cross-country with 3,000 pounds of bacon, and no cash [...]

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After reading the wonderful post from our friends at The Bitten Word, documenting food highlights from a two-week trip to China (!), I started thinking about some of the weirder food experiences I have had. True, I have had all kinds of sushi – octopus, urchin, eel, and many others – but that’s all pretty [...]

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Continuing my exploration of the food in Bogota, Colombia led us to a unique restaurant called La Jugueteria. After several days of lots and lots of street food, my final night in Bogota we opted to eat at a “nice” restaurant and drop the kind of cash you wouldn’t normally come close to spending on [...]

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Continuing my blog posts about the  food I ate in Bogota, Colombia (I seem to have stumbled across many more interesting places there than my previous two international destinations) I ate lunch one day at a place called Los Lenitos. As I walked down the street searching for an interesting place, this restaurant caught my [...]

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Previously I’ve posted photos of Colombian street food vendors and written about my experience eating arepas.  But today I’m writing about one of the most intriguing elements of my street food experiences in Bogota: a Colombian style hamburger. At an affordable 2,500 Colombian pesos ($1.25 US) you can go to any major street in Bogota [...]

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One of my favorite street foods in Bogota, Colombia was also one of the most ubiquitous: Arepas. For those unfamiliar with what an arepa is (as I was before my arrival in Bogota), it’s basically a patty made of cornmeal.  It’s slightly wider than an english muffin but slightly thinner.  An arepa could certainly be [...]

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After departing Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, my travels around the Caribbean and Central/South America continued, as I headed to Bogota, Colombia.  I was fascinated by the city of Bogota, in large part because they have a crazy large street economy. Many average Colombian workers can’t afford the prices in stores, and as a result, [...]

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Continuing my travels in the Caribbean on my JetBlue All-You-Can-Jet pass, I left sunny Santo Domingo, DR to head to Puerto Rico.  Landing in San Juan, I was to spend one night there before heading to El Yunque National Forest for a few nights stay in a cabin atop the mountains of the rainforest. (My [...]

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Last week I wrote about some of the traditional Dominican food I ate while in Santo Domingo. On my last night I went to a well-regarded restaurant in the colonial zone called La Residence. Featuring a menu with Mediterranean, Spanish and Dominican influences, prepared by a French trained chef, La Residence presents an eclectic mix [...]

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I began my month long travels on the JetBlue All-You-Can-Jet pass in the Dominican Republic.  I was only scheduled to be there for a couple days, and planned on spending the whole time in the capital city of Santo Domingo.  My travels for the first few weeks were very much focused on sight-seeing and food [...]

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