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Food, Glorious Food

While the site didn’t start out being about food, the more I traveled the more I obsessed over the new dishes I tried—how food connects people around the world. That obsession culminated in a book about traveling through food.

This landing page is divided into the different categories of writing that are food related.

Bon appetit!

1. Gluten Free Guides

As a celiac who has struggled to find food safely as I’ve traveled, I wanted to put together a set of tips and posts for people who were anxious to eat while they explored the world.

For resources specific to celiacs, and long-form gluten free guides with detailed translation cards, please see my Gluten Free Travel page.

2. Food History and Narrative

Pieces about where certain dishes or ingredients come from, and how they are connected within the wide world we live in. This category also includes the longer form food writing about people and places that I’ve penned during my years of stuffing my face around the world.

For all of the food history pieces, see here.

3. Recipes from Around the World

Readers started to ask me for some recipes a few years back, and it has been fun to occasionally post instructions on how to make one of the dishes I’ve loved and experienced on the road. This category features these recipes in simple terms, often with links to books from that country that you can read and enjoy.

Hungry enough to eat? For all the recipes on Legal Nomads click here.

4. Food Artwork and Posters

As part of the Legal Nomads site, I’ve started an eCommerce site that features hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind maps of food that were commissioned specifically for me. I’ll be doing 10 countries in all, and they are all found on the Legal Nomads store.

These posts feature the maps as well as some of the other fun artwork I’ve commissioned, like my “Say no to Olives” shirts.

5. Inspiring Reads for Food Lovers

A book is not a living tree, unlike a blog post. Thus, while I am thrilled to share the tips and tricks and many resources I’ve gathered together in The Food Traveler’s Handbook, I also wanted to house additional sources of knowledge. This page will continue to grow, even before a 2nd edition of the book is released, with books to read, sites to learn from and delicious food to focus on from around the world.

(More tips and tricks available in the Food Traveler’s Handbook, for sale on Amazon.)

Jodi Ettenberg

Jodi is a former lawyer turned award-winning travel writer and photographer who shares resources and stories from a decade of eating and living abroad. Her expertise has led to features in the New York Times, National Geographic, BBC Travel, CNN, The Guardian, and more. Jodi also has celiac disease, and her longform gluten free guides and translation cards (over 17,000 cards sold!) have helped fellow celiacs eat safely as they travel.

Following a lumbar puncture that left her disabled in 2017, her work has shifted to focus on curiosity, chronic pain, and the challenges we all face when life changes drastically. She was named a 'Most Influential Health Advocate' of 2023, and also sits on the Board of Directors for the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation. Please see the About page for more.

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