How Locals Spend a Sunday: Looking Afar and Wide in West Oakland

WEST OAKLAND, California – Coffee roasteries, modern soul food, funky used bookstores, and markets as far as the eye can see.

Two Bars, One Big Appetite

CHICAGO, IL – A pair of restaurants that raise brunch and lunch to new levels of awesomeness.

Austin: The Good, the Badass, the Divey

AUSTIN, Texas – The entire town lives for happy hour. Follow the noise, and you'll be set. Herewith, a list of places to eat, drink, get divey, and look good doing it.

Fathom Questionnaire: Emily Fiffer

Weirdest thing seen on travels: Probably a pair of drag queens making out at Heathrow Airport. I was 13, traveling with my grandma, and awkwardly stunned.

How Locals Spend a Sunday: L.A.'s Eastside

LOS ANGELES – What! You went to Los Globos? You are crazy. Now here's what to do when you wake up in Silver Lake.

Hong Kong Food Diary

HONG KONG – Milk tea, steamed buns, and a few dim sum doodles. An illustrated guide to what and where to eat in Hong Kong.

San Francisco: Where to Eat in the Mission

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When you're on a food tour of the Mission, you'd better come hungry, especially for everything caffeinated, spiced, and churned.

Love Letter: Sockerbit, NYC

NEW YORK, New York – This Scandinavian candy shop will carve out a little piece of your heart.

Just Back From: Bordeaux, France

BORDEAUX, France – If you're one of the world's best chefs, where do you go in France? Daniel Boulud shares his little black book of red wine secrets.

Fathom Questionnaire: Daniel Boulud

I always bring home weird food stuffs or local food specialties. I share them with my chefs for inspiration. Like folded, dried octopus from Tunisia and dried pig bladder from Lyon.

I travel for the Food