/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/foodfestivals-hero-631.jpg)
To sample the best foods and flavors of a region, head for a festival
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120529093026DiningBeetEggSMALL.jpg)
Between grocery stores, wine shops, artisan bakeries and farm stands, I regain each calorie I burn in style and taste
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120523102052volvo-europe-small.jpg)
Once you get your car you’re free to hit the road along the west coast of Sweden with its fishing villages, traditional folkways and islands
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120518115030Beer_in_RockSMALL.jpg)
These beers should last for several hot summers and cold winters. Where exactly are they hidden? Here are the directions
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120509095055hemingway-gellhorn-big.jpg)
A new made-for-television movie airing May 28 recounts the stormy love affair between the writer and the war correspondent
Cyclists in New Zealand see these handmade, unguarded food stalls in the distance, advertising some product of the homestead
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/NFL-Super-Bowl-rugby-3.jpg)
Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120124120217Ruysch_map-web.jpg)
Long-gone destinations have their own special appeal, don't you think?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111229014117packing-light-new-year.jpg)
Don't overpack is a rule to live by. So why not declutter on New Year's Eve
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111221110116chiang-mai-christmas-shopping.jpg)
There are valuable discoveries, but at a German Christmas market all I could find was Third World junk that only looks good if you drink a lot of gluhwein
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111216115043Chess-SetSMALL.jpg)
A chess set, soccer ball, bear spray and other items, even dog food, make the list of gifts to give your favorite hardened traveler
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111214013014diwali.jpg)
A flight of firsts.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111101015018rufus-sewell-zen-italy.jpg)
Forget the guidebooks. Whodunits offer a private eye on Italian art, food and culture
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111027105019PanAm-stewardess-television.jpg)
Who doesn't miss the retro glories of the early Jet Age celebrated in the ABC series? But enough with the sexy stewardesses already
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111017031020navajo-rug-auction.jpg)
Connoisseurs of Native American textiles know to go to the Crownpoint, New Mexico, Navajo Rug Auction
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111013103010cappadocia-village-men-small.jpg)
Of all the bizarre landscapes created by water, wind and time, Cappadocia is among the strangest
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20111011110014alastair-bland-cheese-tea.jpg)
My favorite place in any large town is the fruit bazaar, where all this goodness is crammed together into a circus of fragrant, colorful mayhem
Page 6 of 9
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b7/21/b721fdda-8829-4351-8374-1b22bd2cf2db/friendswhocaremexicobig.jpg)