Let me be honest with you: I have absolutely planned an entire international itinerary around a bowl of chowder. Not slightly adjusted — fully, unapologetically planned. If you’re the kind of traveler who opens Google Maps and immediately searches for the nearest harbor restaurant before even checking into your hotel, you are my people. And … Read more
Let me tell you something about myself that will surprise exactly no one who knows me: I have booked flights around restaurant reservations, planned road trips based on regional cheese availability, and once spent four days in a country primarily because I heard their street food scene was otherworldly. So when June rolls around and … Read more
Let me be honest with you: I have booked flights specifically around food festivals. Not “oh, there happens to be a festival while I’m there” — I mean full-on reverse-engineered my entire travel calendar so that I land in Singapore during the World Street Food Congress and not a single day before the Pad Thai … Read more
Let me tell you something about myself: I have absolutely booked a round-trip flight to Europe based entirely on the existence of a cheese tasting. No regrets. And if you’re the kind of person who considers a restaurant reservation a legitimate travel itinerary, then May is your month. The best food festivals May has to … Read more
Let me be honest with you: I have never once planned a trip around a museum. I have, however, rearranged an entire spring itinerary because I found out a small Sardinian village would be slow-roasting suckling pig over open flame for four days straight. If you’re the kind of traveler who considers a restaurant reservation … Read more
Let me be honest with you: I have never once booked a flight because of a museum. I have, however, rerouted an entire itinerary because I found out a remote corner of Southeast Asia was serving a dish that only exists for one gloriously chaotic week a year. If you plan your travels the way … Read more
Let me be completely honest with you: I have never once planned a trip around a museum. I have, however, rerouted an entire European itinerary because a four-day wine festival in Verona fell on the exact dates I’d originally booked for Milan. Zero regrets. If you’re the kind of traveler who researches a destination’s food … Read more
Let me tell you something about myself: I have absolutely booked a transatlantic flight because a chef I admire was doing a pop-up dinner. I have rerouted an entire road trip for a regional barbecue competition. And I have — not once, but twice — planned a vacation around a food festival only to discover … Read more
I have planned entire vacations around a single meal. I have rerouted flights for a cheese market, extended a layover for a street food festival, and — yes — once booked a train to a small Portuguese town almost entirely because I heard they were handing out free chocolate at the gate. If you are … Read more
Let me tell you something about myself: I have never once booked a trip based on architecture, museums, or beach ratings. I book trips around food. Specifically, I book trips around the kind of food that only exists in one place, at one time, surrounded by people who are way too happy to be standing … Read more
