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MONARCHS AND LA MAESTRA IN MICHOACAN
March 4 - 14 2010
Travel with chef-guide Betsy McNair to Morelia to visit museums and markets in this beautiful European-style city. Next, travel the lushly forested state of Michoacán to Zitácuaro, the winter resting place of millions of migrating monarch butterflies and home to world renowned chef and cookbook author Diana Kennedy. Your days there will be spent walking among the monarchs and cooking with the master, all the while enjoying the splendid ambience of the wonderful Hotel Rancho San Cayetano. From there we’ll be off to Pátzcuaro for days of folk art fun in this picturesque town. For more information, visit Betsy McNair's site at My Mexico Tours. You and your friends can also create your own personalized tours; Betsy has a list of wonderful possibilities to choose from.
Chef and tour guide Nancy Zaslavsky has posted her 2010 Mexico culinary tours! For a visual "taste" of what's upcoming, there's a Veracruz for Seafood Lovers trip February 11 - 17 and a journey to Colonial city San Miguel de Allende March 4th through 10th. Can't afford a trip to Mexico but hankering for a bit of the "exotic?" You can still get the feel of Mexico by going with her on a COOK'S TOUR TO EAST L.A.'S MEXICAN MARKETS. Join Nancy for a personal tour of East L.A.'s Mexican markets and its most exciting Mexican food Meccas. Visit a top Panaderia (bakery) for bread and sweet pastries and learn all about their differences. Taste gorgeous tortillas still-warm and aromatic, then buy a dozen to take home. Purchase kilos of the city's best, still-sizzling carnitas. Explore a huge marketplace, crammed full of Latin American products including exotic tropical fruits, unusual grocery items, and more. A hosted lunch will wrap up a delectably fun day, ending with piping hot, fresh churros for dessert: the real deal.
Tours are offered on specified Saturdays 10AM to 3PM for groups of at least ten participants. You may put together your own group and choose your date, or join another tour. Please contact Nancy for more information.
UNIQUE JOURNEYS THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
Yunan China, January 2010, Thailand, June 2010, Burma (Myanmar), October 2010
If Southeast Asia appeals to you and you are interested in all things culinary as well as have a fascination with beautiful textiles and more, you might want to consider joining The Globe Trotting Gourmet cookbook author Robert Carmack, and textile designer Morrison Polkinghorne as they lead you off the beaten path to discover Southeast Asia's culture through its foods.
Cookbook author Robert Carmack divides his time between the Pacific Northwest, Sydney Australia and Southeast Asia. Learn more about these exciting journeys at The Globe Trotting Gourmet.
COOKING CLASSES AND CULINARY ADVENTURE TOURS
with Chef David Sterling, at Los Dos Cooking School
Filmed with Rick Bayless for the PBS series "Mexico: One Plate at a Time", and with Martha Stewart for her daily "Martha" program, Chef David Sterling is director and instructor at Los Dos - the only school in Mexico devoted exclusively to Yucatecan cuisine.
David offers a variety of day-classes and culinary packages. The one day "Taste of Yucatán" class includes a comprehensive overview and history of Maya culinary traditions and Yucatán's unique cuisine, followed by a market tour and three hours of culinary instruction. Three-day and week-long Culinary Adventure Packages feature lots of cooking and eating, as well as excursions into the heart of Mayaland - all with a food focus. You can also savor his exciting specialty packages: Route of the Haciendas, Surf and Sun and Slow Food Yucatán. Or if your travel itinerary is tight, try one of his five-hour tasting classes: Yucatán Express, Slow Food Yucatán or Street Eats.
For more information and booking, visit Los Dos
CULINARY TOURS IN OAXACA AND MORE
SEASONS OF MY HEART
Chef and TV host,Susana Trilling has a beautiful cooking school in the countryside in Oaxaca, Mexico. She offers a series of culinary tours around the state of Oaxaca, visiting some of her friends and locations from the television series: Seasons of My Heart; A Culinary Journey through Oaxaca, Mexico. She also offers an exciting and mouth watering tour in Veracruz to celebrate the Spring Equinox and the yearly vanilla harvest as well as an exotic tour to the states of the Yucatan Peninsula to savor the exciting days of Carnival.
Her newest tour features cacao and wild mushrooms in the other two Mayan states of Mexico, Tabasco and Chiapas where you can explore the Mayan culture, cuisine, ruins, jungles and waterfalls in one of the few regions of Mexico with intact rain forest.
Learn more about Susana's tours and culinary classes by visiting Seasons of My Heart.
THE SWEET LIFE IN PARIS WITH DAVID LEBOVITZ
Expatriot chef, blogger, author and bon vivant, David Lebovitz offers culinary tours of Paris and other locations in France. David says his 2010 tours are full and with a waiting list. However, no harm in signing up if you will be in Paris as his tours are great. You can also plan ahead if you will be in France in 2011. Visit his site for further details.
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