Jennifer Billock is a traveler, writer, author, and the world’s only professional cheese fortune teller. Her biggest regret is never finding the rural Japanese newspaper that featured her in a chicken hat. She was once thrown off a horse in Patagonia, and onlookers told her she tumbled through the air like a gymnast. Jennifer has written travel pieces for Afar, the New York Times, Smithsonian, National Geographic, and more. She is the author of eight books (two cookbooks, five history, one astrology) and is also a Certified Tea Specialist. Follow her work on her website at jenniferbillock.com, on Instagram and Threads @jenniferjoanbillock, or on Bluesky @jenniferbillock.bsky.social.
Jennifer Billock
AFAR Contributor