I began my career in Food and Travel Writing and Photography in 2001 and a global jaunt to more than 50 countries ensued and keeps ensuing. I have spent much of the new millennium getting lost in Latin America and Southeast Asia, while living semi-permanently in Lima, Peru and the US. At the moment I reside with my wife Claudia in New York City, on the very westernmost street in the very northwest corner of Brooklyn where the Manhattan skyline is just out our windows...at least until the condo tower going up next door is built.

My work has taken me to the far flung corners of the planet for weeks and months at a time, searching for the little mysteries that seem to be slowly disappearing. I have written on topics as diverse as traveling with Mp3 players, selling Moroccan rugs on eBay, the temples of Angkor in Cambodia, cooking with Guinness Beer, the future of organic foods, and many other topics.

Along the way I have attained a thorough understanding of the Spanish language, elementary French and Italian, and bits of Portuguese and Quechua. I hold a degree in journalism from The Ohio State University, certificates in web design, and have taken culinary classes in Thailand, India, and Peru.