Eating With Strangers: Autobiogeography

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March 19, 2008

Autobiogeography

Now that I'm in Ireland with nothing but time and inborn nerdiness on my hands, I've made up my AUTO-BIO-GEOGRAPHY: a Google Maps mashup of the restaurants, cheese shops and bookstores I've visited and loved over the years.

Now, whenever anyone asks me where to find the best taco in El Paso, a comfortable hotel in the Hindu Kush, or antique postcards on the west coast of Wales, I can point them to my map.

Would love to hear what you think?

p.s. Welcome New York Times readers! Thanks for visiting Eating With Strangers!!

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Living in New York City means I see thousands of strangers every day--waiting for subways, smoking on fire escapes, filling jukeboxes in bars. I'm really curious about where they come from and why they're here, the signification of their scars, their favored methods of peeling clementines, the books they liked as kids, their heroes and vices, their nightmares and dreams. In 2007, I started inviting them out to lunch and writing about it. This year, I'm the one being invited. It's way better! If you know someone--an accomodating grandma, an interesting neighbor, whatever--who's good at making something (pasteis de nata, Listowel mutton pies, galette de rois, etc) and is willing to let me hang out, watch and talk while they cook, I'd love to hear about it!

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She Talks To Young Americans

In October and November 2006, I meandered circuitously between San Francisco to Miami under the auspices of Minnesota-based nonprofit Renewing the Countryside, interviewing farmers, ecologists, musicians and activists for a book on youth revitalizing rural landscapes all across America. Here are some of the stories you'll find in the Youth Renewing the Countryside book, due out in the spring of 2008.
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Mississippi's Pint-Sized Potato Producers
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Entering Kirkhamshire
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No Half-Baked Tradition
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A Nut and His Honey
The Twenty-First-Century Artisan
Milky Teats
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