Sharon McDonnell has written on travel, food, drink, culture, and profiles for 25 years, published in Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Teatime, New York Times, Fodors.com, USA Today, and more.

We began our huge Malaysian street food tour of Penang with a traditional Indian-Malaysian breakfast of roti canai, this time full of cheese and eggs, an epic way to start the day. There are some ...

My life is guided by my stomach. I’ll base entire trips off a craving for a specific flavor or dish that pops up in my dreams, leaving my stomach growling in the morning. After country hopping around ...

A couple of weeks ago, when a friend returned from Singapore with a jar of kaya jam — a mix of pandan-coconut and salted butter — and made us the famous Kaya Toast, we devoured the entire jar in one ...