Best Restaurants in Venice Sant’Erasmo, in the Venetian lagoon between Murano and Burano, is the vegetable garden of Venice. It’s also home to Osti in Orto (‘innkeepers in the garden’), an exciting initiative by 19 Venetian restaurateurs growing their own produce. Join my small-group Venice & Veneto Food & Wine Tour! Not surprisingly, they also […]
Best Bars In Bologna What Italians call a ‘bar’ is generally both a café and somewhere to buy alcohol. Many are also licenced as tabacchi, so conveniently sell bus tickets, stamps and phone cards too. Join my Northern Italian Food & Wine Tour Ending in Bologna! Whether you want a little nip of grappa in […]
London For Food Lovers Samuel Johnson famously said: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.” Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! I suspect he’s right. But what if you don’t have a lifetime to devote to London? […]
Glasgow For Food Lovers The name Glasgow comes from Gaelic for ‘dear green place’. Perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when we talk of a city famous for its locomotive and shipbuilding industries, and which still seems perversely proud of its somewhat gritty, working-class reputation. Join me on a Food & Wine […]
Matera For Food Lovers I spent a week roving all over this World Heritage-listed city in 2009, discovering the local Lucanian cuisine on my personal Matera food tour. Matera was still off the tourist trail back then, though it’s been doubling as Jerusalem in films since the early ‘60s. Explore Matera with me on a […]
Rome For Food Lovers Wherever I travel I want to get inside the food, wine and culture, to discover what makes the place unique. The Eternal City (as Rome is known) is no different. My personal Rome food tour is all about being secretly ‘off the beaten path’ while walking through the heart of one […]
Best Wine Bars in Rome No food and wine tour of Italy is complete without the daily aperitivo. While I enjoy a spritz or sbagliato in many places, in The Eternal City I find myself drawn to some of the best wine bars in Rome for this ritual. Join me for aperitivo at some of […]
Classic Roman Pasta Dishes Romans love their pasta and have four or five favourite sauces that have become the classic Roman pasta dishes. Enjoy these classic Roman pasta dishes on my small-group Southern Italian food & wine tour starting in Rome! Despite the locals never considering themselves “southern”, Rome is far enough south that Roman […]
Paris for Food Lovers As Ella Fitzgerald sang: I love Paris in the springtime, I love Paris in the fall. Let’s face it, it’s a pretty easy city to love – and I find it grows on me a little more with each visit. Keen To Explore More Of Paris? Discover The Best Bistros, Wine […]
Quirky Shops in Paris: Self-Guided Tour Paris is a wonderful city to stroll around. It’s full of gardens, monuments and beautiful unique stores. I love the galleries, boutiques, perfumeries, bookshops, antiques, bric-a-brac and, most of all, the really quirky shops in Paris. Discover The Best Food Shops in Paris on the Place de la Madeleine! […]
