Jan 14th, 2012 at 12:00PM: What we eat while traveling has always been a big part of a memorable trip. A recent survey by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism says 71% of Americans participated in at least one culinary activity while on an out-of-town trip and that activity was one of the most significant travel experiences of the vacation. Now, cuisine-focused adventures offered by travel agencies are making menus much more ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Eat while traveling on cuisine-focused adventures
Jan 14th, 2012 at 12:00PM: What we eat while traveling has always been a big part of a memorable trip. A recent survey by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism says 71% of Americans participated in at least one culinary activity while on an out-of-town trip and that activity was one of the most significant travel experiences of the vacation. Now, cuisine-focused adventures offered by travel agencies are making menus much more ...Bourdain to host second Travel Channel show
Jul 28th, 2011 at 7:00AM: Anthony Bourdain of the Travel Channel's No Reservations will host and executive produce a new series called The Layover which is set to premiere in the fall. The premise of the new show has Bourdain spending no more than 48 hours in a city, searching out the best experiences he can in that time.
"This is a chance to show viewers the secrets of Tony's traveling routine: cracking open the ...Dreaming of Bali - A guide to Indonesian food
Apr 5th, 2011 at 10:30AM:
Pizza lovers, did you know Indonesians adore Pizza Hut? True, your typical Indonesian pie probably has more crispy fish pieces, shrimp and corn on it than you're used to back home. And you probably won't find avocado milkshakes as an option at the soda fountain back in Grand Rapids. But the Indonesians in Bali are lovers of pizza much like you and I, dear reader, and unashamedly so.
At this ...NO RESERVATIONS: Bourdain to push limits on new season
Feb 24th, 2011 at 8:30AM: Anthony Bourdain charges back with an all new season of NO RESERVATIONS starting this Monday. In this seventh season of the Emmy award-winning Travel Channel program, Tony starts in Haiti to uncover beauty in the dark corners of humanity, a theme promised to be delivered throughout the new season.
Calling it as he sees it, Bourdain puts a new perspective on the situation in Haiti during a visit ...Around the World in 80 Hours (of Travel TV): Part 2
Feb 22nd, 2011 at 10:00AM:
Where does the Travel Channel take us? Rolf Potts embarks on a
one-week gonzo experiment to find out
JACKASS COMMENTATORS AND DUBIOUSLY RANKED DESTINATIONS
Day 2, Hour 17: 9:04 am.
The first Travel Channel show of the day has already begun by the time I wake up and turn on the TV. As the picture tube slowly comes into view I can hear some jackass droning on about the gentle ...Around the World in 80 Hours (of Travel TV): Part 1
Feb 21st, 2011 at 10:00AM:
PRELUDE
Day 5, Hour 77: 9:53 pm.
Twenty-three hotel floors above the gritty neon splendor of downtown Las Vegas, I am nearing the end of a bewildering travel experiment: For the past five days, I have been watching the Travel Channel for the entirety of my waking hours, without ever changing the station or (save a few key occasions) leaving my hotel room.
My goal has been to create ...Travel to Sri Lanka grows, along with obstacles for tourism
Feb 1st, 2011 at 11:00AM: Since the end of the Tamil Tiger confilct in May 2009, travel to Sri Lanka has been increasing, with the country celebrating their 600,000th foreign tourist last month. This year, 700,000 are expected with tourism growing to 2.5 million a year within 5 years, reports the BBC. "The nature has blessed us with beautiful beaches, waterfalls, exotic wildlife and historic places. We as a nation have a ...Book review: A Moveable Feast
Dec 13th, 2010 at 11:00AM: When did the words travel and food become one and the same? These days, food tourism has worked its way to the tip of every well-heeled traveler's tongue, whether it's a search for Hong Kong's best wonton noodles on foodie-travel favorite website Chowhound or the neverending food voyeurism of Travel Channel favorites Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern. It's at exactly this zenith of food-focused ...Weekending: Prague
Sep 3rd, 2010 at 3:00PM:
While I'm living in Istanbul, I try to take advantage of all the amazing destinations a few hours' flight away and travel there as often as possible. I like to focus on destinations that are harder to access from the US for just a few days (such as Turkey's beach town Bodrum) and places best explored while I'm still relatively young and unencumbered (to wit: Beirut). Traveling as an expat takes ...Talking Travel: Andrew Zimmern discusses bizarre foods
Apr 8th, 2010 at 11:30AM: Andrew Zimmern is best known as the host of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. But before he was traveling the globe eating glands, connective tissue and anuses, he was an acclaimed chef, writer and expert in Chinese cuisine. The new season of his Travel Channel program premieres later this month and, in anticipation of that, he chatted with us about a wide range of topics.
...10 great Anthony Bourdain 'No Reservations' clips
Jan 28th, 2010 at 5:02PM: Known for this brash wit and obscene perversion for food, Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain has traveled the world in search of the most delectable treasures in his popular show, No Reservations. Here are 10 of the best clips from one of the best food shows on the tube:
"Hospital Chic"
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Anthony Bourdain creates animated web series
Oct 31st, 2009 at 11:00AM: I'm a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain and I love No Reservations. A show that combines travel to places both exotic and familiar, pure rockstar gluttony and classic Bourdain snark - how could it go wrong? So when I heard that Bourdain was creating an animated web series for the Travel Channel (relax, it will NOT be taking the place of No Reservations) I figured it couldn't be anything less than ...
Explore five cities with a "bad rap"
Oct 29th, 2009 at 11:30AM: I grew up in Detroit. I love my city and will be the first tell anyone who thinks it's nothing but a boarded up hellhole just how wrong they are. But I know Detroit's bad rap comes not only from suburb-dwellers and business travelers who just breezed through, but also from the media that portrays it as a city with nothing to offer other than casinos and a punchline. But maybe the tide is changing. ...Ten places to eat in Seattle
Oct 21st, 2009 at 12:30PM:
I lived in Seattle for two years, and I'd venture a guess that if the 16,000 or so hours I spent there were broken down, a good 10,000 of them would have been spent eating my way around the city. Based on my highly scientific research (aka, trying nearly every restaurant in town), here are my picks for the top places in Seattle every food-loving tourist should try.
Piroshky Piroshky ...Six great beach reads for travelers
Jul 20th, 2009 at 11:30AM:
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There's a special joy that comes with losing yourself in a good book while relaxing on a beach. The warm sun on your skin, the sand between your toes, and the sound of waves gently breaking on the shore create the perfect environment for shrugging off your cares and ...Sokolowskis University Inn, a Cleveland eatery that wowed Bourdain
Jan 27th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Recently, when I was relishing my meatloaf with a side order of pierogis and sauerkraut in between bites of my daughter's stuffed cabbage rolls and my husband's coconut cake, I didn't know that I was having an Anthony Bourdain experience in Cleveland--kind of. I didn't eat the head cheese or the chicken paprikash, two of the dishes Bourdain also ate when he made his Sokolwski's University Inn stop ...Win an autographed Anthony Bourdain poster! (Part II)
Jan 26th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Two questions. You like to win free stuff, right? And have you heard of this guy Anthony Bourdain (he's some sort of food show host apparently)? Alright, if the answer to either of the previous two questions is yes, Gadling has got your back. In what can only be described as deja vu, we're giving away yet another Anthony Bourdain No Reservations poster, autographed by the man himself. As you ...Beef brain tacos and Haggis - eating the foods that scare you
Jan 26th, 2009 at 9:00AM: The past week has been an interesting one for me, food-wise. Last Monday I had a chance to sample a Mexican "beef brain" taco (de cabeza) and this weekend I found myself unexpectedly eating a plate of Haggis. You know - the Scottish dish made with a stomach-churning mixture of sheep's lungs, heart and liver mixed with spices and boiled in the casing of a sheep stomach? Yeah, that Haggis. While I ...10 travel read suggestions for the road
Jan 12th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Ben Groundwater points out in his Sydney Morning Herald post "Travel Reads for the Road" that a good book is a wonderful companion to have while traveling. Not only can reading help fill up down time in a satisfactory way, a good book can enhance travel experiences.
In his post Groundwater lists ten perfect for travel books that range from serious to humorous and fiction to non-fiction. These ...New season of No Reservations kicks off tonight
Jan 5th, 2009 at 12:30PM:
The holidays are inevitably a time of excess. LIke many of you, I spent the last two weeks eating and drinking my way through way too many parties and get-togethers, and I'm feeling a bit of a holiday-induced hangover at the moment. Thankfully, starting today, I can now redirect my guilt at overindulgence away from myself and project it onto somebody else - Anthony Bourdain. Everyone's favorite ...
