Writing Portfolio

Frommer's Guide New Orleans

Tami and co-author Lavinia Spalding's guide to New Orleans by locals, Frommer's style. Advice and ratings on dining, nightlife, accommodations, festivals, tours, and things to do for everyone. Plus maps, historical context, and tips on how to get around all in one easy-to-carry book. [2024]

Frommer's Travel
Future City Foodways in Rural Japan

How a vegan chef, Italian restaurant, and deer hunter in Hokkaido integrate cuisine into their small town's plan for a self-sustaining future. [2024]

ADVENTURE.TRAVEL
Soulful Sleeps in New Orleans

Twelve hotel recommendations that savor the spirit of New Orleans. [2023]

Wanderlust Magazine
Crescent City Cuisine

Dining, New Orleans-style. [2023]

American Libraries Magazine
Queen Trini Lisa's Ascension to New Orleans' Caribbean Soul Food Throne

Lisa Nelson's path to becoming one of the city's most beloved chefs happened mostly on accident. [2022]

Very Local NOLA
Natural High

How Christopher Joe is developing nature tourism on his family farm in the Black Belt of Alabama in the American South. [2021]

WONDERLUST
Under a Blue Moon

A kayaking camping trip in a Louisiana swamp connects a group of strangers. Winner of the Solas awards Best Travel Writing bronze in the adventure category. [2020]

South Writ Large
A Place of Many Tongues

New Orleans has been, and will always be, a cultural melting pot -- newcomers and visitors alike just need to be willing to melt into it. The language of love helps. [2019]

Canadian Traveller