Added: 03/21/2006 |
Gourmet travel ranging from deluxe lessons to specialty shoppingGourmet travel choices can be as diverse as your imagination permits and offers are not limited to a vacation and cooking only. A gourmet travel has no boundaries in destinations and venues and each of them has its own peculiarity or distinctive feature. What are you looking for? Are you searching for a global gourmet catering and a deluxe accommodation; tiny rural location with gourmet breakfast and a wine tour; the nineteenth century real estate and grandiose on-hand cooking lessons; or refreshing activities and gourmet cuisine learning? Today's gourmet travel expands on each idea and makes it available in even more varieties.
What concerns a deluxe gourmet travel to experience one of the dining pearls in the world, consider the Grand Bahama Island and its Ferry House, featured among the top ten best restaurants. The Ferry House Restaurant has its own herb garden to use in the food preparation and its own " blend of the contemporary global cuisine, fused with the unique flavors of the Caribbean", prepared by an Icelandic Chef Volundur Volundarson, whose cooking creativity and mastery even allowed him to roast venison Atlantic Salmon over Iceland's steaming geysers. Nearby you will find the same world-class accommodation at one of the Grand Bahama Island hotels or resorts.
A gourmet travel can combine history and culinary. Viewing and accepting one of the invitations to join gourmet culinary tours to Italy is one of most rewarding choices in the gourmet travel, as the tours will combine a historic and culinary experience in the most appealing destinations of this culturally and culinary rich country. Sicily, having been regularly invaded by numerous conquerors, including Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Bourbons, keeps the imprints of each nation in everything from the architecture to the cuisine. Famous for confections and dessert wines, it attracts numerous visitors to experience the delicacies and learn from some famous Sicilian chefs the secrets of preparing unsurpassed dishes.
Gourmets also find a variety of reasons to visit Provence, the kingdom of gourmet cuisine in France. The vacationers visit markets, explore a variety of natural products, available in this truly fertile land, take hands-on classes, dine in private French farmhouses and restaurants and meet local artisan producers.
An original idea is to dedicate your gourmet travel to visiting gourmet shops. It brings you to the chance to discover new products, spices and herbs that can add a zest to your cooking. The Americans do not have to travel outside their own boundaries to experience the ultimate indulgence of gourmet shopping. For instance, in Fredericksburg, one of the most popular destinations in Texas, you will find a unique specialty shop, called the Feast-O-Rama. What on earth can you taste here!!! One of the delicacies sold here is the Neera's Pear Cardamom Chutney, a spicy blend of fresh pears along with other ingredients, such as malt vinegar, brown sugar, orange peel, cashews and green cardamom. The most outstanding products from local culinary artisans, such as hand-carved breads and local cheeses, overload the shop's shelves.
In fact, each city has its own treasure for gourmet shopping, dining and cooking and, probably, you do not notice that this treasure is nearby. Hence, there is much to explore, while the exploration will inspire you with more innovative ideas.
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