Why am I so happy lately? It’s a question I’ve asked myself frequently since I started traveling three years ago. I know, why would anyone question it? Just be happy that I’m happy…right? Except I have a need to know: To understand this lightness of mood, joy in my step, purpose in my passion. Where…
Author: jilldutton
Jill Dutton is a travel writer who seeks out locally celebrated foods, outdoor activities, and liquor trends. She’s passionate about telling the stories of those she meets on her travels and recently launched Global Plates: The People We Meet, The Food They Eat (syndicated column), and Global Journeys with Jill Dutton (podcast). Jill is a Kansas City expert as well as a train travel expert. Readers of her stories have come to expect an intimate look at authentic travel experiences.
2018 Travel Schedule
Fredericksburg, TX | April 2-6 Experience the bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes, and red poppies with a spring visit to the Texas Hill Country in Fredericksburg! This authentic Texas-German community, just an hour’s drive northwest of San Antonio, is renowned for its upscale boutiques and art galleries, burgeoning wine industry, upscale lodging, lush wildflower landscape, world-class museums,…
Travel Guide | The Best of Kansas City: 3-Day Itinerary
What to do in a city that has it all? Make sure you see the best of Kansas City! Kansas City is known for top cuisines (and not just barbecue), a bounty of fountains, craft breweries, major league sports teams, jazz music, trains, cutting-edge theater, and art galleries. This guide takes you on a three-day journey to experience…
USA by Rail Travel Guide: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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When Given a Choice, Take the High Road
When traveling and faced with a difficult situation, my mantra is always, “Take the next step.” When working on projects at my home office, I make lists so I can work backward from the deadline because I know that getting started (taking the next step) is the most important part of any project. Or as…
Go Back in Time for The Drinking Hour
What happens when you mix a passion for home entertainment with a hobby of collecting designer and vintage glassware? If you’re Victoria Vergason, you open a designer antique barware shop. Her concept, The Hour, is dedicated to all things cocktail, where she specializes in offering “one-of-a-kind, vintage chic barware, glassware, and trays from notable designers…
6 Places to Get Pickled in Ann Arbor, Michigan
This Food-Conscious City Embraces a Variety of Methods for Fermentation. Between the yogurt commercials promoting a flat belly to the numerous health claims made by physicians and holistic practitioners, you have no doubt heard about probiotics—or the “good” bacteria—found in fermented foods. Some research says that these good bacteria, particularly those in our gut, may…
Get Your Spirits Lifted in Kansas City
Kyle Claypool and Michael Stuckey from Lifted Spirits Distillery in Kansas City have a vision. They aim to combine a passion for excellence with using scientific methods to create a better product and do it all using locally sourced grains. Their mission: “We believe the best things are born out of a passion for doing…
From Grains to Glass | Ann Arbor Distilling Co.
In the food world, they call it “farm to table”; but, in the spirits world, it’s called “grains to glass.” Ann Arbor Distilling Co., located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, takes this process to impeccable standards by using local grains—and then being involved with the entire process from grains to glass. It all starts with the…
Chef Carrie Walker explains the benefits of using sourdough when making pizza
Sometimes while writing an article I get more excited than usual about a topic. When it lines up with my interests it’s especially fun to research and write. This is one of those times. I’m writing an article for the February issue of Evolving Magazineabout the benefits of fermentation and the variety of methods beings used…
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