Best Pubs in Edinburgh Edinburgh’s New Town hides some of its best secrets in the basement. Tucked beneath the city’s grand Georgian townhouses, the best pubs in Edinburgh are cosy, dimly-lit rooms of exposed stone, pressed metal ceilings and well-worn wood. Discover Edinburgh’s Best Pubs & Restaurants on my Edinburgh Food Tour! There’s cask ale […]
Best Restaurants in Glasgow Glasgow is one of the UK’s best restaurant cities – and ‘People Make Glasgow’ is much more than a slogan. Glasgow is without a doubt Scotland’s friendliest city; some of my most vivid memories of my father’s hometown relate to its people. Discover Glasgow’s Best Restaurants & Bars on my Glasgow […]
Edinburgh Food Lovers’ Guide Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital, is one of Europe’s great food cities — and one of the world’s most beautiful cities to explore on foot. Discover Edinburgh’s Best Eats & Drinks on my Edinburgh Food Tour! Split between the medieval Old Town of closes and wynds and the Georgian New Town of sweeping […]
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 a group of Venetian restaurateurs growing their own produce. Eat at venice’s best Restaurants on my small-group Venice & Veneto Food […]
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 Food Lovers’ Guide 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. Discover Glasgow’s Best Eats & Drinks with […]
Matera For Food Lovers I spent a week roving all over the World Heritage-listed city of Matera in 2009, discovering the local Lucanian cuisine. 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 small-group Southern Italian food […]
Rome Food Lovers’ Guide Wherever I travel I want to get inside the food, wine and culture, to discover what makes the place unique. The Eternal City is no different — my aim in Rome is to be off the beaten path while walking through the heart of one of the world’s most visited cities. […]
Best Bars in Rome No food and wine tour of Italy is complete without the daily aperitivo. From a spritz or sbagliato to a glass of natural Lazio wine or craft beer, Rome’s best bars make this ritual special. Join me for aperitivo at some of the best bars in Rome on my small-group Southern […]