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Chowhound

These Easy 5-Ingredient Fry Jacks Taste Like Vacation on a Plate Think of these as puffy Belizean beignets that can go sweet or savory. BY KRISTY ALPERT JUNE 12, 2020All featured products are curated independently by our editors. When you buy something through our retail links, we may receive a commission. If…

Fodor’s Travel

The 10 Oldest Man-Made Structures in the World (That Are Still Worth Visiting Today) By Kristy Alpert This is what 10,000 years of human ingenuity looks like. Even the best historians can’t make history come alive quite like the experience of standing before a historical site in person. Knowing your…

Fodor’s Travel

Tapas Old as Time: These Are the World’s Oldest Restaurants By Kristy Alpert The oldest restaurants around the world are capable of telling stories that history books only strive to. Imagine dining above a Parisian wine cellar that predates the French Revolution or grabbing a pint inside an Austrian restaurant…

Global Traveler

Culinary Tour of Montevideo By Kristy Alpert WEDGED BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL along Rio de la Plata’s Atlantic waters, Montevideo may be small, but it remains one of the most sophisticated and progressive capital cities in South America. Locals take pride in their city’s cleanliness, quality of life and vibrant culture. Many spend their mornings…

Chowhound

15 Self-Care Spa Treatments Starring Ingredients in Your Kitchen All-natural beauty boosters and easy stress relief recipes from world-class spas. BY KRISTY ALPERT These all-natural at-home spa treatments are easy ways to practice self-care, and they’re made from ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. Just because spas aren’t booking…

Fodor’s Travel

A Bookworm’s Guide to Baltimore, the City That Reads By Kristy Alpert Long before trying on mottos like “The Greatest City in America” and, its latest straightforward attempt, “The Birthplace of the Star-Spangled Banner,” Baltimore was known as “The City that Reads.” Packed with offbeat bookstores and storybook libraries, this…

Fodor’s Travel

The 40 Most Anticipated Hotel Openings of 2020  Kristy Alpert  Start the new year right by planning a stay at one of the many long-awaited hotels before they book up. The new year’s new crop of luxury and boutique hotels has us jumping into 2020 with eager anticipation and our…

Global Traveler

By Land and Sea By Kristy Alpert CRUISING HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY over the past century, first providing travelers with a means of transportation and then ushering in a new era that attracted leisure travelers looking for variety in the midnight buffets and activity on the shuffleboard courts. The new generation of…

Fodor’s Travel

Raising Little Travelers: How to Get a Passport for Your Baby  Kristy Alpert   Let’s make a traveler out of your baby, shall we? Traveling with your newborn for the first time is all about patience, but traveling internationally with your baby for the first time is all about the process. Every passenger…