Whether it be the truffle laden forests of Istria, the vineyards of Mendoza, or the culinary riches of Cape Town, food and wine have always been the driving force of my travels throughout the world. Here you will find travel logs from these adventures as well as my food and wine inspired experiences. Questions about planning a trip or a specific location? Feel free to reach out via the contact tab, I would love to talk travel with you. Bon Voyage! ***2017 destinations visited: La Cumbre and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, Munich, Germany, Salzburg, Austria, Venice, Italy, Rovinj, Croatia***
The perfect bite. You know the feeling. When all points on the flavor-spectrum combine, making your tastebuds sing. There are few things better! Our time in San Sebastian was punctuated by a multitude of these experiences, all given to us in the form of a pintxos – the Basque version of a tapa. Each pintxos bar offered up one-to-two bite …
Our travel bar was set quite high for San Sebastian. This city by the sea is at the heart of the foodie-universe and was the final stop on our tour of northeastern Spain. Widely considered to be one of the best gastronomic cities in the world, the term Michelin Star is thrown around loosely, as if it is normal for one place …
If you’ve been following along it will come as no surprise that Rioja wines are my new favorite thing! Having just returned from a four day exploration of the region (read all about it here) we developed a new appreciation for the history behind this corner of the world and the wine that has made it famous. Like many wine producing …
I couldn’t help but feel a little like Alice in Wonderland. We had most certainly fallen through the rabbit hole. Long gone were the exhilarating, action-packed and flavor-filled days in Barcelona. Z and I now found ourselves within the ancient stone walls of Laguardia. Nestled atop the hills of Spain’s Rioja wine region, Laguardia’s founding dates back to the 1200’s …
Of all the food we tasted in Spain, I was most excited to try my hand at pan de tomate. And not just because it calls for only five ingredients found in almost every kitchen and is nearly fool-proof. It is one of those bites you take that instantly calms you. The simplicity needs no translation – we all know …
The events marking the beginning and end of our time in Barcelona seemed all too appropriate bookends for what would prove to be three days full of flavor, both old and new. This is a journey that has been long in the works and is in keeping with a promise Z and I made to one another once we were …
Cooking in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, on our Honeymoon, our first food and wine adventure! Seven months, sixty posts, countless heads of garlic and lots of wine later, I think I’ve gotten the hang of this thing they call food-blogging. And I couldn’t love it more. This has been an exercise in many layers for me, forcing me to …
As the plane was landing in Louisville last year, bringing us home from our first Napa adventure, I was already turning the pages of my mental calendar. Perhaps we can go back in five months for the harvest? What about November when the hordes of people have subsided? The desire to return quickly exhibited signs of desperation as I …
