Hi, I’m Jennifer, the voice behind Adventurous Appetite. Originally from Florida, I started this blog after moving to Seoul to teach English in 2009. I had planned to stay only a year, but the travel bug bit me hard. I’ve since backpacked through Southeast Asia and South America, lived in Colombia, worked as a teacher and food writer in Shanghai, and now I teach journalism to high schoolers in Bucharest.
I have an obsession with food, and believe that it’s the gateway to understanding a culture. I’m one of those strange people who have an affinity for durian. I love slurping noodles outside hole-in-the-wall restaurants, while sitting on squat plastic stools. I’ve learned how to cook from parents and grandparents willing to share their family recipes.
While I haven’t blogged consistently over the last few years (teaching teenagers will do that), I still jump on here from time to time to share travel stories and musings from my life abroad. Apologies for the lessening of pictures, listicle-type pieces, and itineraries as I gain in years, but there are plenty of 20-something travelers putting out enough for all of us.
I hope this site can inspire people to travel more and to remain curious about the world and its people. I also hope to provide some good recipes along the way, and hopefully convince readers that carbs are not the enemy.
Love your blog. Love your… Perspective. Let me invite you one day to one place before you leave this country
I really like your writing style, superb info, thanks for putting up :D. “He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.” by Rudyard Kipling.
Thanks for the compliment and thanks for reading! 🙂
I’m inspired! I will look into teaching English in Seoul, or elsewhere abroad. You seem to be enjoying it. Great blog.
I shall live vicariously through your exploits and adventures 🙂
Thanks, Sheela! I’m happy I can inspire others 🙂
Hey Jennifer!
Love your expat story! Would you like to be featured in the next ‘Expats Share’ feature on ‘The Department of Wandering’? Check out last month’s post here: http://departmentofwandering.com/expats-share-best-thing-being-an-expat/. Would love to feature you!
-Rachel x
Hey Rachel, thanks so much! I would love to be featured. Go ahead and email me: jenniferdstevens@gmail.com. 🙂