Laurie McAndish King

A contestant readies his frog at the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee

Laurie McAndish King reports from the legendary Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee where she discovers the insider secrets to winning the $5,000 grand prize.

Cameron Hewitt's book cover--The Temporary European

What can a spleen sandwich reveal about Italian culture? Confessions of a professional traveler

Laurie McAndish King

The interviewee, Cameron Hewitt, has been Rick Steves’ right-hand person for 20 years and has a new book titled The Temporary European: Lessons and Confessions of a Professional Traveler (foreword by Rick Steves).

Travel

Journeys of Discovery: Travel writer talks about the 'personality of place'

Journeys of Discovery associate producer Laurie McAndish King visits with Linda Watanabe McFerrin about McFerrin's new book, Navigating the Divide, from…

Inside Paladar Los Mercaderes, a family-owned farm-to-table restaurant in Old Havana, Cuba

Travel

What’s the secret that makes Cuban pork so delicious?

Laurie McAndish King

Why is Cuban pork so delectable? To find out, Laurie McAndish King follows a trail of rose petals up a candle-lit marble staircase to Paladar Los…

Laurie McCandish King talks with correspondent Tom Wilmer about her new book, Your Crocodile Has Arrived.

Travel

Your Crocodile has Arrived: true stories from a curious traveler

Tom Wilmer

Laurie Mcandish King's brilliance as an author was succinctly summed up by noted travel journalist, Jeff Greenwald: "King's curiosity is…

Arts and Life

Author interview: Laurie McAndish King on her new travel stories book

Tom Wilmer talks with award-winning travel journalist, Laurie McAndish King as she discusses her new book, Lost, Kidnapped, Eaten Alive and reads some…