Emily Stone - Bio
I’m an itinerant traveler, a lover of literature, and a native New Yorker who’s currently based in Australia. I’ve also been a movie reviewer, a reproductive health researcher, and an independent bookstore owner.
I grew into an everyday cook a couple of years ago when I lived in the historic Central American town of Antigua, Guatemala. The abundance of locally grown avocados, chiles, mangos, pineapples, and other produce—together with my unstructured schedule as an expatriate living in Latin America—threw me into the kitchen for hours each day. And, in the absence of a phone book full of ethnic restaurants and supermarkets stocked with gourmet meals, I was determined to create for myself everything that I loved to eat. These days, I try to travel everywhere with a block of Scharffen Berger 70%-cacao chocolate, but otherwise I rely on locally-produced and freshly-grown ingredients.
My writing on travel, food, and the world at large has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Premiere, Time Out New York, and other magazines. I also chronicle my adventures as a chocolate enthusiast on my blog, Chocolate in Context.
