About

My name is Cynthia Clampitt, and I am a writer, world traveler, and culinary historian. I am a fourth-generation foodie who grew up in a family that shared my love of good food and the open road. I have been to 37 countries on six continents, and I’ve studied food, history, and/or cooking in many of those countries. (The image at the top of the blog is from a cooking class in Kerala, in southern India.) In this blog, I hope to share with you my travels, culinary and otherwise, some of the recipes I’ve discovered in my wanderings, and the fascinating histories of the foods that sustain and delight us.

In addition to being a food writer, I have a book out titled Waltzing Australia, which is a travel narrative of my six-month solo journey around Australia. I have a separate blog to support that, with photos and additional information that add to the tale in the book. To reach that blog, you can click on the link at right. So for food, stop here. For adventure, geography, and scenery, visit my blog, Waltzing Australia (see link in Blogroll).