“Food for Thought” for Foodie Travelers

Following is a list of our food-related articles from the best food destinations around the world, organized by continent/region. Scroll through, or click one of the quick links below if you know the area you are seeking.

We admit it, we’re hungry travelers. For us food and travel go hand in hand. It’s one of the things that helps to define a destination, and we’ve made trips based on the reputation of a market or hot dog stand alone (we’re lookin’ at YOU, Buffalo, NY!) Taking a cooking course at a private home in Malaysia, truffle hunting in Italy, or finding a roadside stand in Canada selling berries that are only in season for 3 weeks a year are all experiences that have enriched our travels.

If you’re a hungry traveler, and you’d like to spice up your next vacation with some foodie trips and experiences, check out a listing of our food-related posts below.

Global Food Roundups

The surprising best pizza in the world
We search the world for the best donuts (and find a nasty one in the process)
10 food tourist traps to avoid
The 11 best sandwiches in the world

Africa

Michael goes uber-local at street market in Namibia and asks himself, If you are what you eat, am I an ass?

Asia

At a cooking class in Kuala Lumpur, Larissa gets spicy with authentic Malaysian cooking.
It took some research, but we managed to find The world’s stinkiest donut.
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, we need say nothing more about these photos of Foods of Bali.
Vietnamese food: Taking it to the street showcases the delectable flavors of one of our fave cuisines.
Would you eat this? takes a humorous look at Chinese dishes that are definitely lost in translation.
We found an unexpected Slice of home in Hong Kong.
Food tips in a Shanghai taxi showed us a clever tip about eating kiwi fruit.

Australia & New Zealand

Getting fresh at the Sydney Fish Market
Victor Churchill, the swanky Sydney butcher Where Oprah had a beef.
Noodling around Sydney’s night market
We brave that Aussie classic in a Vegemite taste test (video with live chickens included!)
The world’s best gelato may just be in New Zealand
Lamb tongues and more: A New Zealand taste test (yet another video)

Europe

Learning how to make pasta in Italy involved a lot of hand-rolling of dough, but at least we got to eat our work.
Scenes from an Italian rest stop will make your mouth water–no gnarly burgers at this highway pullover!
Even a stormy day couldn’t prevent us from Truffle hunting in Italy.
A tasty slice of Bologna highlights yummy treats in this foodiest of food cities.
A delectable Turkish sandwich had us uttering the unlikely phrase, “Damn, that’s good sheep intestine!“
What is it with intestines??? This time it’s in Scotland for A fistful of haggis (and there’s even a video!)
Tasty pictures of decadent Paris pastry–do we really need to explain this one?
We first visited Our favorite restaurant in Rome 30 years ago–and it still lives up to our memories.
You can go grocery shopping, but it’s more fun Eating at the Florence Central Market.
Michael spent most of our first visit to Bucharest Tasting as many Romanian pastries as possible.
Learn from our mistake; avoid an international incident by reading How not to get tossed out of a pub in Ireland (which is the all-time most popular post on our blog!)
We tasted a lot of clunkers before we figured out Where to find the best scones in Edinburgh.

Middle East

Sure, we knew about hummus, but were further delighted by The Surprising food of Israel.
A small side street in Qatar’s capital yielded Our daily bread in Doha.

North America

Tasting reindeer sausage in Alaska. (Or call it “caribou” if you’re Rudolph-friendly)
The dozen best donuts in America (Not just the shop, but the best donut in each of them.)
What exactly IS Cincinnati Chili? And where do you get the best?
A Hot dog in Hawaii at Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck. Who knew it could taste so good served with rice?
A visit to Graceland prompts the eternal question: “What would Elvis Eat?“
Hawaii-bound folk will enjoy our Food lover’s guide to Oahu.
Don’t forget the Food lover’s guide to the Big Island of Hawaii.
A crust-and-sauce filled day as we ponder, Is Old Forge, PA the Pizza Capital of the world?
We poke fun at foodie pretension in Has the farm-to-table movement gone too far?
As dawg lovers, we just had to chow down on these Chargrilled hot dogs in Buffalo, NY.
A Foodie troll through Chapel Hill, NC.
In Texas we ask, “What are kolaches?” and get a butter-filled answer.
Pizzeria Bianco, the shop in Phoenix that started the artisan pizza movement in the U.S.
Navajo fry bread tacos. That’s some southwest fusion cooking!
Old-fashioned goodness at Leopold’s Ice Cream in Savannah, GA.
Sonoran Hot Dogs are Tucson’s signature street food.
Dream job for a day when We make the donuts at Mazurek’s Bakery in Buffalo, NY.
After traveling all 50 states, we still think this is The Best BBQ dish in America.
The National Mustard Museum has got ’em all–spicy, yellow, brown . . . everything but the Colonel.
Farm to city at the Headhouse Farmers Market in Philadelphia.
Iowa State Fair food. (Hint: deep-fried everything!)

South America

Is dulce de leche the best flavor in the world? Well . . . DUH!