My French village is not in the guidebooks. It’s not swarming with sweaty tourists in shabby shorts. So what’s so special?

Culinary crisis in an elegant restaurant in Rome: Not even a free lobster the size of a small dog could appease this miserable couple.

As an expat, dealing with creepy things in a foreign country can be an adventure.

Cooking disasters, anyone? I was once faced with a culinary fiasco of mystifying proportions while living in an African village.

After our bizarre, ten-minute wedding ceremony in Kenya was over, I wasn’t sure if my Peace Corps volunteer hero and I were really married. What I did know was that I …