Gayle Keck writes about travel and food - preferably both at the same time. She has sipped fermented mare’s milk in Kyrgystan, dug for truffles in Italy, crafted wine at Napa Valley’s “Crush Camp” and munched her way through every continent except Antarctica, which seems far too focused on frozen food.

Gayle has written for Gourmet, National Geographic Traveler, GQ, Islands, Executive Traveler, ForbesLife Executive Woman, Four Seasons, VIA, 360 and AARP The Magazine. She’s a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, where she created a monthly column on travel magazines; her work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, New Orleans Times-Picayune and other major newspapers. Her stories have been selected for the anthologies Best Travelers’ Tales 2004 and Best Women's Travel Writing 2008. Gayle has visited 49 US states (sorry, North Dakota) and more than 40 countries - though her favorite trip was a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, when she met her husband on the airplane.

Gayle recently launched the website www.BeenThereAteThat.com, where foodies can post photos - from restaurant meals to street stands to home-cooking - and share recipes and opinions. She also blogs at www.BeenThereAteThat.com/blog.

To see some examples of Gayle's travel writing, go to www.GayleKeck.com or google "Gayle Keck."