Brent Crane
George Town Is the Food Cart Mecca You've Always Dreamed Of
In this Malaysian city—where Indian, Hokkien Chinese, Hakka, Cantonese, Malay, and everything in between clash in a beautiful culinary supernova—it is hard to find a bad meal.
How a K-Pop Star Became a Barbecue Sensation
Jiyeon Lee produced four number-one albums in the 1980s, but she gave up the limelight to focus on cooking. Now, she and her husband fuse Korean cuisine and Texas-style barbecue to droves of fans.
How One Chef Brought Gourmet Cooking to Small-Town Appalachia
James Beard Award nominee Nate Allen is helping to boost tourism in the tiny mining town of Spruce Pine with his local produce-driven restaurant Knife & Fork.
A Tech Company Hopes These Edible Drones Will Help End World Hunger
Some organizations are speaking out against the drones, with the chief executive of Save the Children calling them a "crackpot idea."
This Former Gang-Banger Is Banging Out Delicious Cubans in Cambodia
“In America I never would have owned my own business,” says Ry Mam, a Cambodian-American who was deported from the US due to his criminal record. In Cambodia, deportees like him are often stigmatized by locals, but Mam has found success in his small...
Climb a Palm Tree If You Want to Get Drunk in Myanmar
Toddy is the drink of choice for the Burmese farmer, made from the sap of palm trees. I went to the Burmese boonies to see how the sweet spirit is made and down a few rounds in toddy bars with the locals.
Hairy, Stinky Tofu Is the Stuff of Smelly Dreams
I went to Kunming, in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, to find the city's famous version of stinky tofu, which turns deliciously sour and moldy after a few days' rest. But don't believe the haters, because stinky tofu doesn’t taste like farts.
My Visit to 'The World's Greatest Chinese Restaurant'
During a layover in Kuala Lumpur, I found myself hungry and with plenty of time to kill. So I decided to check out Restoran Sek Yuen, which one blog had recently deemed the world’s greatest Chinese restaurant.
It's All About the Tuna at this Fish Market in the Maldives
The fish market in Male, the uber-congested capital city of the Maldives, is full of groupers, sea bass, red snappers, dolphin fish, and barracuda—but the real draw is the fresh skipjack and yellowfin tuna.
Bangkok’s Rollerblade Restaurant Was a Wheel of Misfortune
Formerly the world's largest restaurant, Bangkok's Royal Dragon and its army of rollerblade-clad, zipline-riding waiters are in need of a pick-me-up.
Bangkok's Rollerblade Restaurant Was a Wheel of Misfortune
Having once claimed the title of the world's largest restaurant, Bangkok's Royal Dragon and its army of rollerblade-clad, zipline-riding waiters are in need of a pick-me-up.
California Abalone Are as Delicious as They Are Creepy
Abalone have a long and checkered history in California, having gone from a population surge in the 18th century to near-decimation in recent decades. But one Monterey Bay-based farm is producing these sweet, weird-looking mollusks sustainably.