Good Travel Award-winning Australian novelist and environmental writer, Jane Rawson, has strong feelings about travel. After spending more than a decade in travel publishing, she left the industry because of its growing and negative impact on the planet. A dozen years later, she’s changed her mind (somewhat). Over the last decade I’ve become more optimistic about the positive changes travel can make in our minds Jane Rawson Twelve years ago I…

Matt is a virtuosic chef, a culinary maestro—he serves guests a nuanced sonata, guiding them through one melodic dish after another, until dessert arrives in a final crescendo of seasonality and flavor. For Matt, the finest moments occur in the spaces in between, the notes between notes, and we can't wait to travel beside him in a country that's so close to his heart. Among the Stars Since graduating from…

Curious World Ever notice how most of us are much more likely to visit a museum when on a trip than at home? Seven of the world’s ten most-visited museums, incidentally, are devoted to art (Paris’ Louvre tops the list, with 8.1 million annual visitors). This means, when we travel, we don’t just go to museums, we look at art. Why don’t we at home? Look and absorb art without worrying…

Becca was working in the music industry when she noticed something missing from the grocery shelf: tinned fish. How could such an exquisite product, one perfect for both picnics in the park and hosting at home, be exiled to other countries? When she found no answer, she cofounded Fishwife, a company devoted to ethically-sourced and premium tinned seafood. We can't wait to travel together in Portugal, where the merroir was…

(Not so ) Cute Animals Whatever your feelings are about god turtles, know that the Yangtze soft-shell turtle, or Rafetus swinhoei, is definitely real. Just very rare. But this year, their known population in Vietnam suddenly doubled. Which brings their population… to two. "Great hero turtleTake your curtain call and fleeBut please leave the sword!" Haiku for Cu Rua Giant soft-shell turtles have played a part of Vietnam for a couple…

6 Questions with Meagan Morrison How would you describe your design aesthetic? I don’t know if I think about creativity, I just feel it. Some days I feel it more than others but it always comes back. I would say 90% of my creative projects, whether personal or commissioned, start with a destination. From there I have the lens to create from. I’ll start scouring the internet for imagery from…

Find Your Inner Goddess Buddha, Freud and even Raquel Welch agree: no matter what gender you have (or don’t have), you have a feminine side. And an inner goddess waiting to break out. Read on to find which traits you share with some of the great goddesses of the globe—and where they want you to travel. We’ve all heard the stories of Medusa, Aphrodite, and Persephone — the monster, the…

Cute Animals Cats. We all like cats. We know about tigers and lions and jaguars and leopards. The lynx? It's a bit more elusive. Yet seen once, and the lynx is not easily forgotten. “If only our earsShouted 'majesty' like yoursWe’d chase rabbit, too” Haiku for the Iberian Lynx It’s the ears. They’re simply triumphant, almost royal in scope, tufting skyward in pure pomp. More so for the Iberian lynx.…

Eat This Now Think of Cambodian food as the old-school punk rocker that has been doing things their own way since before it was even called punk — it’s brash, bold, the antithesis of Top 40 pop. You’ve probably had pad Thai noodles or a bowl of Vietnamese pho. But have you ever tasted a dish that made fish and mint and chile and lemongrass start a mosh pit together on…

Jamie Bissonnette is a force to be reckoned with. The James Beard Award-winning chef is the mastermind behind some of Boston's most successful restaurants, renowned throughout the industry for his nose-to-tail cooking and unrivaled ability to bring both nostalgia and innovation to a plate. He’s also a bit of a punk rock star, but we’ll get to that below. Fed by Travel Jamie credits his inspiration in the kitchen to…