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Traveling Chocolate Shows

As the chocolate industry becomes more like the wine industry, chocolate tourism is looking more like wine tourism, with trips to chocolate "regions" replacing factory tours. Here are two upcoming options in Central America, each with a few spaces left: The Ecole Chocolat Master Chocolatier Tour of Costa Rica April 6–11, 2008; $1,990–$2,390 Steve DeVries (the maverick Colorado chocolate-maker who made an appearance in Mort Rosenblum's book Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light) knows a lot more about Central America than most people in the business. On this trip he's teaming up with the online cooking school Ecole Chocolat and bringing a team of adventurers on a bean-buying excursion to Costa Rica. The trip includes meetings with...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Emily Stone, January 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: chocolate, tourism, travel

Culinary Tourism: Eat The World!

In yesterday's New York Times, Taylor Holliday says the best way to know a place is to learn how to cook the local foods: Ever since a trip to Vietnam two years ago, during which I toured the exotic food markets of Nha Trang with the hotel chef at the Ana Mandara resort and learned how to make my own rice paper for spring rolls at cooking schools in Hoi An, I have been convinced that there is no better way to get to the heart of any city than through its cuisine. And that means not just eating it, but shopping for it, cooking it and beginning to understand it. Step off the expected tourist track for as little...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, April 16, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Tagged: cooking school, culinary tourism, tourism

Culinary Tourism

According to a recent study, 27 million Americans "have recently taken a food tour, enrolled in a cooking class, toured a winery or otherwise participated in culinary activities as part of a vacation" in the last three years. That's still only one out of every six leisure travellers, but the numbers are growing. "The interest in culinary tourism has accompanied a rise in emphasis on food throughout American culture, said Barry Glassner, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California and author of the book "Gospel of Food," published last month. "We define ourselves by how we eat. We show others and we show ourselves what kind of people we are by how adventurous we are about food," he...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, February 28, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Tagged: food culture, tourism