Culinary Travel (go back »)

Can you imagine wondering through a labyrinthine old market, following your nose to find the most tantalizing smells of aromatic spices. Or buying ripe fruit that weren't imported from the other side of the globe, but the other side of town. Do you remember that olives actually come from hundred-year-old trees, it may be just about time for a cooking tour.
All great meals begin with the best sort out ingredients, and the best ingredients are all ways found locally-whether it's in your hometown or abroad.Cooking tours allow chefs and people that are passionate about food of all skill levels to drown themselves in a foreign culture in a way that traditional tourism cannot.
On a cooking tour, for example, participants tour a goat farm on the Greek island of Kea to see exactly how feta cheese is made, and then share in a meal overlooking the Aegean Sea with the farmer and family. Or maybe you could find yourself in India at the spice markets.
For some, it's the local markets,  that make a cooking tour an outstanding experience.
The world's markets are traditional places that can feel a bit unnerving to tourists. As part of a culinary tour, you are mostly provided with guides to help with both ingredient choice, language barriers and navigation. After these long but abundant excursions, travelers ultimately feel like natives. It's yet another way to find your inner chef and feel like a participant, not just an observer.
So next time when you book your trip, make the most of it and include a culinary tour in your travels and when you host a dinner party you can impress your guests not only with the food but a colorful story of your experience.
View video of culinary tour in Vietnam.

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