Best Dishes From Around The World 2019 I covered a lot of ground in overseas travel in 2019: Switzerland, several regions of France, the UK and Ireland. I ate some fabulous meals from fine dining to simple pub fare and have to give a shout out to the superb bread and butter I enjoyed all […]
Best Dishes From Around The World 2023 Each year I seek out the best dishes from around the world so I can share them with fellow food-lovers through my small-group food & wine tours and writing. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! In 2023, I was hosting a tour in Emilia-Romagna and […]
Best Desserts From Around The World 2024 This year my European travels took in northern and southern Italy as well as Switzerland. All areas that make delicious, unassuming sweet treats from fresh local ingredients. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! In autumn that often means stone fruit as well as grapes (it’s […]
Best Dishes From Around The World 2024 I’m just back from a six week whip around Italy and Switzerland, hosting a food & wine tour in Emilia-Romagna and researching for ones in Southern Italy, Switzerland and Veneto. And I ate some great food! Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Of course there […]
Favourite French Hotels I don’t know about you, but I travel for diversity, to see ‘the other’. I live in a beautiful city – multicultural, on a magnificent harbour, full of great art, culture and architecture, with some of the world’s best eats. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! So why travel […]
Brittany Regional Guide (Bretagne) One of France’s most remote and intriguing regions, Brittany (Bretagne in French), is the rugged north-western tip of France jutting into the Atlantic Ocean Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Prehistoric standing stones attest to its ancient past, while its local dialect, Breton (closely related to Cornish and […]
Where To Eat in the Hunter Valley Alongside icons like Tyrrell’s Vat 1 and Lake’s Folly Cabernets, the offering from Australia’s oldest wine region has expanded to include some exciting new wines from young gun winemakers – many of them second-generation vignerons. Explore the Hunter Valley on my small group, all-inclusive Food & Wine Weekend! […]
Best Scenery & Food in Switzerland Switzerland is a country on everyone’s bucket list. Yet it’s hard to explore without insider knowledge. I’ve seen it as few outsiders can, through the eyes of my Swiss husband and his family and friends. Join me on a food & wine tour including some of the best scenery […]
Where To Stay On Your Swiss Food Tour Switzerland is to the hotel industry what France is to restaurants, so it’s not surprising that some of my favourite hotels are in Switzerland. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Tour staying in some of these historic hotels! Rustic or palatial, beds are comfortable, service […]
Emmental Food Tour One of my favourite corners of Switzerland is the valley of the river Emme, the Emmental. Its rolling green hills are perfect for dairy farming and the holey cheese made here is synonymous with Swiss cheese. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Tour including the Emmental! But there’s so much […]
