If you haven't tried feijoada, You don't know beans about Brazil." Food is the best way to immerse yourself in a country’s culture. Are you dreaming of a glass of Chianti Classico, and a plate of grilled porcini leisurely enjoyed in the verdant hills overlooking Florence? Perhaps you’re thinking of "Exploring Rome Through Its Open-Air Markets”? Or how about ...
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The pairing of world-renowned chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and Denise Lurton-Moulle, the daughter of a leading French wine producing family, results in the creation of Two Bordelais, a unique tour concept.
The couple's dedication to the food and wine of their "pays natal," and the in-depth knowledge that can only come from years of immersion in a community, combine to create a special treat ...
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Sitting around the kitchen counter at Cultural Travels Central one day, we asked ourselves, “What would a great food-oriented festival look like that’s exotic, but doesn’t involve riding a camel, crash-learning a foreign language or taking a series of shots?”Obviously those conditions reduced our choices to an English-speaking site somewhere in the First World. But wh...
Festival Pick
One of the most intriguing appellations UNESCO applies to its World Heritage Sites is “cultural landscapes.” These are regions where a long history of association between humans and the land is evident in either the artifacts that dot the landscape or the continuation of practices, usually agricultural, that show a balanced relationship between the inhabitants and nature.Examples of pr...
World Heritage Site
After one of his patients described her recurring dream of finding a 1,000-foot-long walk-in closet filled with chocolate shoes, Freud is said to have asked, “Vutt izz itt mitt vimmin und chokolate?” It’s a question that has been echoed by people as varied as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Rose and Chi...
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Some of Massachusetts's most extreme topography is found in the western part of the state, where the Taconic Mountains crowd over the New York state line and face off against the Hoosac Range, the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains.
The tallest peaks in Massachusetts are among the lineup, and between the opposing sides are headwaters for two rivers: the H...
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Airlines' post-trauma Shape begins to emerge
Written By Patrick Totty Posted on Culinary
The airlines are learning, as Ben Franklin once said, “It is better to hang together than to hang separately.”
For years, U.S. airlines depended on the federal government to insure their profitability through a complex regulatory system that, while it kept ticket prices high, also kept inefficiency, congestion and delay low.
When deregulation arrived in 1978, the airlines shifted to dependence on low-priced mass...
In our offices there’s an island in the kitchen that we often stand around with cups of coffee or homemade sandwiches while discussing Cultural Travels and what we’re trying to accomplish.
One of our bedrock goals is trying to make as much information as possible conveniently available to our users, whether they’re travelers, travel agents or tour operators.
Recently, that’s meant adding a bundle of new, easy-to-use search features to our...
While Rome pulsates with history, vistas, art and architecture, another way to experience the exuberance and vitality of this city is through her foods and people. Italians are the most joyously fed people on earth, and every morning in outdoor food markets across the city, small vendors enact the market scenes that industrial-scale distribution has yet to suppress.
One of the most intriguing appellations UNESCO applies to its World Heritage Sites is “cultural landscapes.” These are regions where a long history of association between humans and the land is evident in either the artifacts that dot the landscape or the continuation of practices, usually agricultural, that show a balanced relationship between the inhabitants and nature.
After one of his patients described her recurring dream of finding a 1,000-foot-long walk-in closet filled with chocolate shoes, Freud is said to have asked, “Vutt izz itt mitt vimmin und chokolate?” It’s a question that has been echoed by people as varied as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Rose and Chicago shock jock Mancow Muller.
Europe’s largest wilderness area Is a grand mountain landscape
Although they’re only half as high as the Himalayas, the Alps are just as stunning visually. That’s because, like their Asian counterparts, the Alps erupt without prologue from the earth, sheer and soaring, the result of Africa’s relentless (though...
A great way to enjoy a country’s culture is through it’s cuisine. Because of a rapid growth in tourism, Vietnamese cuisine is gaining the attention of food lovers around the world.
Two of Vietnam’s most popular dishes, pho and cha gio, are common throughout the country. Usually eaten at breakfast, pho is noodles made from rice flour in a light beef stock flavored with...
It was one of my first visits to Italy. I had flown into Rome, and was met at the airport by Guiseppe, my agent in Tuscany, whom I was meeting for the first time. We got into his car and proceeded on to Florence. I spent 10 minutes surreptitiously digging out the obviously unused seat belt (so much for "When in Rome…” as Italians seem to get highly insulted when...
Big Island festival matches wine, food, views and lore
Sitting around the kitchen counter at Cultural Travels Central one day, we asked ourselves, “What would a great food-oriented festival look like that’s exotic, but doesn’t involve riding a camel, crash-learning a foreign language or taking a series of shots?”
What are the culinary delights of northern Spain? Among them, lamb roasted to perfection, succulent with only simple spices that enhance its natural flavor. Or monkfish caught before dawn’s light and brought to the restaurant – a delicate lump of white fish that flakes with a fork and delights with a richness like lobster. Or crisp, young vegetables, purchased directly from the farmer to be used...
The pairing of world-renowned chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and Denise Lurton-Moulle, the daughter of a leading French wine producing family, results in the creation of Two Bordelais, a unique tour concept.
The couple's dedication to the food and wine of their "pays natal," and the in-depth knowledge that can only come from years of immersion in a community, combine to create a special treat for...
Visit Our Web SiteIf you love sweets, look for the round, two-layered, pastel-colored pastries slightly reminiscent of hamburger buns in pastry shops on your next trip to Paris. They appear almost artificial next to the luscious fruit tarts and multi-layered cream and chocolate confections in the shop windows. The uninitiated might even think that they were created specifically for children, so...
Every Saturday, cooks all over Rio de Janeiro put out steaming kettles of black bean stew for the hungry lunch crowd. Fancy restaurants promote abundant buffets starring the rich casserole and home cooks serve it as a one-pot meal. Feijoada (pronounced, fezsh-WAH-da) is the Brazilian national dish and almost the entire population of the fifth largest country in the world enjoys a bowl or two every weekend.
Originally Feijoada was a slave dish that developed in...
"If you haven't tried feijoada, You don't know beans about Brazil." Food is the best way to immerse yourself in a country’s culture. Are you dreaming of a glass of Chianti Classico, and a plate of grilled porcini leisurely enjoyed in the verdant hills overlooking Florence? Perhaps you’re thinking of "Exploring Rome Through Its Open-Air Markets”? Or how...
Our tour bus was approaching the ancient Minoan site of Knossos on Crete. It was Sunday and traffic from Elounda was light, enabling us to make the trip in less than an hour and a half. We had spent three glorious days at an exquisite resort hotel, touring the Lassithi Plateau, relaxing, and though it was already the first week in November, we sunned on the beach...
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Airlines' post-trauma Shape begins to emerge
A great way to enjoy a country’s culture is through it’s cuisine. Because of a rapid growth in tourism, Vietnamese cuisine is gaining the attention of food lovers around the world.
It was one of my first visits to Italy. I had flown into Rome, and was met at the airport by Guiseppe, my agent in Tuscany, whom I was meeting for the first time. We got into his car and proceeded on to Florence. I spent 10 minutes surreptitiously digging out the obviously unused seat belt (so much for "When in Rome…” as Italians seem to get highly insulted when...
Big Island festival matches wine, food, views and lore
What are the culinary delights of northern Spain? Among them, lamb roasted to perfection, succulent with only simple spices that enhance its natural flavor. Or monkfish caught before dawn’s light and brought to the restaurant – a delicate lump of white fish that flakes with a fork and delights with a richness like lobster. Or crisp, young vegetables, purchased directly from the farmer to be used...
The pairing of world-renowned chef Jean-Pierre Moulle and Denise Lurton-Moulle, the daughter of a leading French wine producing family, results in the creation of Two Bordelais, a unique tour concept.