MARK C.STEVENS is a food writer, adventurer, and home cook who has been published abroad. He merged his passions for travel and eating by accomplishing the Continent Grand Slam, which entailed visiting each of the seven continents in a single year. When he's at home, Mark spends his time hosting parrilladas--Patagonian-style wood-fire barbecues--at his home in New Orleans' Fairgrounds neighborhood.