Last year, Alan Richman, food and wine critic for GQ Magazine, set off to find the best pizzas in the United States, traveling more than 20,000 miles, visiting 109 pizzerias and sampling 386 pies. Here …
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Passing through Atlanta at the end of May, Road Trips Foodies? Tuck a napkin ‘neath your chin and head to the Grand Hyatt Atlanta, 3300 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia, on May 20, 2010, for the Sixth Annual Taste of Buckhead Business Expo. Sample the signature cuisine from 18 of Buckhead’s finest restaurants, from Continental to Italian to Thai and everything in between. Admission is $10, and the hours are 6-8:30 p.m.
And, now for the answer to the question you’re dying to ask: What’s Buckhead? Once a town annexed in 1952 by the City of Atlanta, Buckhead is a district of some 28 square miles in Northeast Atlanta and home to more than 100,000 residents. It is legally defined as that portion of Atlanta northwest of Interstate 85 and northeast of Interstate 75. The area was named Buckhead in 1838 when Henry Irby, who purchased Buckhead’s original 203 acres in the early 1800s, marked his general store and with the head of a large buck deer. Did you know that Buckhead has 12 street names that include the word “Peachtree.”? Yep! The Georgia State Fruit is indeed the peach!
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Attention, Road Trips Foodies! If you’re visiting Vancouver between April 26 and May 6, 2010, be prepared for the local feeding frenzy known as Dine Out Vancouver.
Tourism Vancouver’s 11-day restaurant extravaganza promises three-course meals at …
When in Copenhagen, do as the Danish do: order a Copenhagen (that’s the drink in the picture at left). A city long known for its gourmet fare, the capital of Denmark now is making its …
If you love sipping malbec and swirling sauvignon blanc, you’re in luck. Argentina (famous for malbec) and New Zealand (synonymous with sauvignon blanc) are the two “theme regions” of this year’s Vancouver Playhouse International Wine …
The 20th Annual Rehoboth Beach Chocolate Festival takes place Saturday (March 6, 2010) in the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center, 229 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Theme (not surprisingly) is “A Day For Chocolate Lovers”. Tastings …
No, you’re not hallucinating, Road Trips Foodies! It’s time for bock beer festivals! Bock is a type of strong lager beer synonymous with Lent in Germany. First brewed (probably) in the 14th century in the …
Toast the heart of Georgia wine country during The Winegrowers Association of Georgia’s fifth Wine Highway Weekend, March 19-21, 2010. Wineries participating are Sautee Nacoochee, Blackstock, Tiger Mountain, Crane Creek, Persimmon Creek, Sharp Mountain and …
Who knew? March is National Celery Month! And, here’s another surprising factoid, Road Trips Foodies: Michigan was the birthplace of the nation’s celery industry! According to the Michigan Celery Promotion Cooperative, Dutch farmers in the …
It’s almost National Chocolate Soufflé Day — February 28. Road Trips Foodies wandering the West Coast might want to celebrate the day at La Chachette Bistro, 1733 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California. It was #8 …
Road Trips Foodies who’ve journeyed to Germany know that the countless vineyards of the Rheingau area produce some of the world’s finest Rieslings as well as full-bodied reds. The vineyards between Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim specialize …
Your Road Trips Foodie has marked this event on her travel calendar: the
Chicago Flower and Garden Show is March 6-14, 2010, at Navy Pier, at the foot of Grand Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Why? For …
Since 1986, Maine has been at the forefront of the craft brew movement, Road Trips Foodies. The Maine Beer Trail spotlights fresh, hand-crafted, Maine-made beer by directing you to a wide range of breweries and …
That’s Sustainable, Organic, Unprocessed, Local cooking classes at Fresh and Wyld Farmhouse Inn and Gardens, 1978 Harding Road, Paonia, Colorado (look for the town on Colorado’s Western Slope, south of I-70).
Dava Parr, chef and owner …
Singapore-style scorpions anyone? How about Taiwanese crickets, silkworm larvae or Thai-style white sea worms? March 5 is the Feast of Excited Insects, so it only seems appropriate that Road Trips Foodies would want to chow …
Any Road Trips Foodie in New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras (or any other time of the year) knows that it’s absolutely essential to make a stop at the Original Café Du Monde Coffee Stand …
There are all sorts of reasons Road Trips Foodies should plan a ramble in Ireland, but it’s especially enticing for a certain category of afficionados. There has been a flurry of developments in Irish Whiskey …
There are all sorts of reasons Road Trips Foodies should plan a ramble in Ireland, but it’s especially enticing for a certain category of afficionados. There has been a flurry of developments in Irish Whiskey …
Singapore-style scorpions anyone? How about Taiwanese crickets, silkworm larvae or Thai-style white sea worms? March 5 is the Feast of Excited Insects, so it only seems appropriate that Road Trips Foodies would want to chow …
If you’re road trippin’ through Minnesota right now, don’t swing by Hopkins. Even though you might be enticed by the name of the event — the 75th annual Raspberry Festival — there isn’t a raspberry …
The weather should be wonderful (again) in Florida for the seventh annual Coral Gables Wine & Food Festival, set for April 10, 2010. The street festival is held on the 100 Block of Giralda Avenue …
