food travel

Half the travel forums out there will tell you Christmas markets are basically interchangeable — swap the country, keep the sausage and mulled wine, move on. The other half insists every single market on the continent deserves its own dedicated flight. The first take is flat-out wrong, and I can say that with some authority: … Read more

Ever caught yourself wondering if it’s actually reasonable to book a flight around a single bowl of chowder? It is, and I’ve done exactly that — not a minor detour, a fully-committed itinerary built around it. If your instinct at any new destination is to pull up Google Maps and hunt down the closest harbor … Read more

I once ate a €280 cancellation fee and rebuilt an entire Italian itinerary inside a single afternoon — all because a four-day wine festival in Verona happened to fall on the exact week I’d already locked in for Milan. Not a shred of regret about it. A museum has never once dictated where I book … Read more