Fuji Sanroku Japanese Whisky.

There is a lot I don’t miss about living in the Bay Area, but the one thing I wish I had where I live is Berkeley Bowl. They have the most incredible produce section, where I can get my favorite fruit, fragrant pears, year round. Where I live now, you can occasionally find them in the biggest Asian supermarket… Read more

Mine’s the best because I know where all the stuff lives and it’s a block away from my house so when I run out of chocolate chips mid-bake, I send the spouse out and have the chocolate I need before the oven even preheats.
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Australian Vegemite. Read more

I smuggled home four six-packs of New Glarus back in my suitcase, it was a mix of all their summer offerings. Read more

My air frier is above my stove!!! I just love my Flourless fried chicken, my pork cracklings, the perfect skirt stakes, my ribeye cubes!!! Read more

A 54-month & a 36-month aged blocks (over 2kg each) of Parmigiano-Reggiano, and 10-year, 25-year & 50-year aged balsamic vinegars, both from Modena. Read more

Nali hot sauce is my favorite food item from any of my travels.  In fact, I get family to bring me back some whenever they return from Malawi...  and that is the biggest problem, I don’t think they distribute outside of Malawi. Read more

Are Cuban cigars food? Those were pretty good. Also, duty free at the Canadian border gets gallons of maple syrup and biere forte for a low price.
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My old roommates from central Florida called them “wet nuts”. I found this descriptive and disturbing.
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Scotch, scotch and more scotch. Read more

Various <i>conservas</i> from Barcelona including ventresca tuna and <i>navajas</i> (razor clams) Read more

When my husband and I went to Istanbul seven years ago, a friend of ours requested this type of baklava (I think she called it burma or something) from this specific bakery on the European side. We bought about three pounds of this stuff. When we came back from the airport, we stopped by at the bar that she worked in… Read more

Cherry Ripe from Australia, it’s hard to describe but really really yummy candy. A few nice bottles of Croatian red from Bosnia, pre-liquid restrictions in the USA. I’ve also been gifted some excellent olive oil from Italy, and the best coffee of my life from a private estate in Costa Rica. Seriously: perfect coffee,… Read more

Paprika from Budapest for my mom (who’s of Hungarian decent)  Read more

Whenever I go to the West Indies I bring back bottles of coconut water from actual coconuts. I can’t drink the boxed stuff it tastes awful to me.  It’s usually one of the first things I get whenever I go there are trucks piled high with coconuts and I will find one and have three coconut waters right there it is the… Read more

Boudin Bakery sourdough bread from San Francisco. God it’s good. I know they sell it at some Costcos, I have some in the house right now, but the source version is ambrosia compared to the one you can get there. Read more

A homemade bottle of Calvados from a family friend in Brittany. Read more

I brought some 8 year old extra sharp cheddar and fresh cheese curds home from Henning’s in Kiel, WI. After putting my haul in my carry on luggage I got stranded in the Twin Cities at a layover by the great Delta meltdown of August, 2016. When I left 2 days later, the TSA pulled all the cheese out of my bag and…

When I was a kid we traveled to Brazil & I got hooked on Guarana soda. I had to bring some back. I don’t drink soda anymore but still remember how amazing that tasted!