Jillian Dara is a freelance journalist with a focus on travel, spirits, wine, food and culture. Her work has appeared in Travel and Leisure, Elite Traveler, Forbes, Wine Enthusiast, Michelin Guides and USA Today, among others. Traveling, eating and imbibing may be part of the “job” but Jillian truly believes in the whimsical power of a local culinary experience or traditional spirit to bond strangers in the most chance of circumstances. Her go-tos are a symmetric charcuterie board and a dry martini—dirty.