International Food experiences
Food tours, markets and eating traditions worth building a trip around, outside North America.
A food tour is the fastest way into a city you do not know. A good guide can explain in two hours what would otherwise take a week of guessing — which market stall is the one locals queue at, what a dish is actually called, and why one neighbourhood cooks differently from the next.
These guides collect conversations with operators running tours in Tokyo, Dubrovnik, Guadalajara, Rome and elsewhere, along with the markets and eating traditions they build those tours around.
The recurring advice is the same everywhere: eat where the queue is local, go early for markets, and treat a set menu from someone who knows the place as better odds than ordering blind from a long one.
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Dolores Wiarco Dweck of Lola's Cocina talks to us about food tourism in Mexico. We discuss her research on cooking schools in Oaxaca, the importance of molé, and the real meaning of Cinco de Mayo.
Laila Hassaballa of the food tour company Bellies En-Route talks about the food scene in Egypt.
Elle Armon Jones of Big Foody Food Tours talks about culinary travel in New Zealand. We discuss adjusting to opposite seasons, Pacific Rim cuisine, and how Lord of the Rings put New Zealand on the tourist map.
Seven years ago, Jodi Ettenberg, the blogger behind Logal Nomads, quit her job to travel the world and enjoy food. Here's how she did it.
Laura Siciliano Rosen, co-founder of Eat Your World, tells us about her culinary adventures in Istanbul, Coastal Yucatán, and New York City.
A conversation with Chris Cox of Eating Europe Food Tours about running food tours across European cities.
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