I Travel for the Food: 2012 Holiday Gift Guide

Feed your wanderlust. Our favorite global finds include everything for the kitchen (except the kitchen sink).

Best Lunch Ever: Lo Scoglio, Amalfi Coast

MARINA DEL CANTONE, Amalfi Coast – In a country rich with restaurants and meals worth singing about, there's one in particular that's an extra special slice of food heaven. Sea views included.

Fathom Questionnaire: Erica Firpo

Everywhere I go, I check out the fish markets, pastry shops, and red pants. See it all or take it easy? Attempt to see it all and then take the afternoon off to test cocktails.

How Locals Spend a Sunday: Paris

PARIS – What do you mean all of the stores and restaurants are closed?! Your day is not lost: Here's a quietly lovely day. Food, shopping, and culture included.

A Food Tour of Budapest

BUDAPEST – This is a town for eating. Here's where to go for coffee, walnut cake, Mangalica ham, local wines, the emerging craft beer scene — and a detoxing Russian bath when you're done.

Adventures and Wet Cakes in Vietnam (Video)

HUE – Let me just say that I'm a pretty confident cook. Not this time. I spilled everywhere. I couldn't spread the batter. I couldn't lift the crepe without knotting it into a crumbled mess.

Swing States Slog: A Cross-Country Pub Crawl

USA – As the presidential nominees build their path to victory, the people are building their path to a stiff drink.

The Divine Porchetta of Rome

ROME – Porchetta from heaven. That's what awaits inside the hole-in-the-wall that's been serving it since 1890. (And don't bother looking for it in your guidebook.)

The Ambitious Eater's Weekend Guide to SF

SAN FRANCISCO – The chopsticks say "Good Luck!" on them; consider that your warning.

Truly Canadian: 7 Neighborhoods, 20 Global Eats

TORONTO – Mayan food in the Distillery District. A Jewish deli in Little Italy. It's new and it's old, from the east and the west: Neighborhood food fusions make for a truly Canadian dining experience.

I travel for the Food