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A Farming Renaissance in Puerto Rico, Inspirato magazine, Winter 2019

A Farming Renaissance in Puerto Rico, Inspirato magazine, Winter 2019

by Michael Shapiro | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

Last September, a year after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, I was sent to the island to report a story about how some farmers were shifting from export crops to growing food for local people. I met some savvy, organic, badass farmers,...
Portland: A food tour, Virtuoso, April 2018

Portland: A food tour, Virtuoso, April 2018

by Michael Shapiro | Apr 9, 2018 | Blog, Books, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

There’s nothing better than an editor asking you to go to a city you love and find the best places for food, wine, beer and chocolate. I traveled there last year, stopped briefly (for 2 hours, which is fast) at Powell’s City of Books, then got to work...
SingleThread restaurant shines in Healdsburg, Spring 2018

SingleThread restaurant shines in Healdsburg, Spring 2018

by Michael Shapiro | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

Last fall I had the pleasure of spending 90 minutes with SingleThread chef and owner Kyle Connaughton at the outstanding Healdsburg restaurant he and his wife Katina Connaughton opened just over a year ago. Three weeks after the interview, I took my wife there for...
Tuscany tastes better, a food tour with Frances Mayes, Inspirato, Summer 2017

Tuscany tastes better, a food tour with Frances Mayes, Inspirato, Summer 2017

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Books, Food, Interviews, Literature, Stories, Travel

I first interviewed Frances Mayes at her  home in Tuscany in 2003 for my book of interviews with travel writers, A Sense of Place. It was a pleasure to speak with Mayes again in autumn 2016 for a story about the cuisine of this region of Italy, where food appreciation...
Shapiro wins 2016 Explore Canada Award of Excellence for fish story

Shapiro wins 2016 Explore Canada Award of Excellence for fish story

by Michael Shapiro | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

My story about sustainable seafood in Vancouver won the 2016 Explore Canada Award of Excellence last fall which was gratifying because it was one of those stories I did in hopes of making a difference. Our oceans have been overhunted and polluted to near the breaking...
Vancouver leads Canada’s sustainable seafood movement, Spring 2016

Vancouver leads Canada’s sustainable seafood movement, Spring 2016

by Michael Shapiro | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog, Food, Interviews, Stories, Travel

Though most of humanity doesn’t realize it, our survival depends on our oceans. During the past couple of centuries we overfished and polluted oceans to the point where many species are on the verge of collapse. But most of us love wild seafood and have no...
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Michael Shapiro

Recent Posts

  • A conversation with Bridget Crocker, author of the new book, The River’s Daughter
  • A conversation with Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of the new book, Art Above Everything
  • Why Time Flies: An inquiry into why time feels like it accelerates as we get older, Saturday Evening Post, Jan-Feb 2025
  • Climber with colon cancer seeks to summit Half Dome to raise awareness for screening, Press Democrat, Aug. 1, 2024
  • Journey Toward Everest: Trekking with the son of Tenzing Norgay to Everest Base Camp, Saturday Evening Post, Jan-Feb 2024
  • Lukas Nelson: Don’t ask him about his famous father, Press Democrat, Feb 2024
  • River Rights Gone Wrong, California water resources a source of conflict, Sierra magazine, Spring 2023

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