Truffles, wine, hazelnuts, cheese, chocolate, and more! Looking for a life-changing adventure? Something that will provide you with marvelous memories of great food and great people that you will carry with you for the rest of your life? Curious about crafting your culinary and cultural wisdom? Consider this, then: while students are settling into their […]

Cafes, croissants, wonderful wines, and a plethora of great third places Wondering about a really special Mother’s or Father’s Day gift? Ready to break the mold and take a magical trip to Paris to taste great food and wine for a week this spring? The Zingerman’s Food Tour to Paris could well be just the […]

A guided week-long visit to one of the more exceptional places to eat and drink in all of Europe The week before last I wrote about some wonderful sardines we have from the folks at Fishwife (you can find them at the Deli and at the Roadhouse). This week, it’s Sardinia, the island, since I’ve got the […]

“Andalucia, when can we see you?” The answer is in September 2023 One of my favorite songs of all time is John Cale’s “Andalucia.” Cale, who will turn 80 this coming March, is a classically-trained, avant-garde musician who went on to play bass, viola, guitar, piano, and organ in the anything-but-classical Velvet Underground. When the […]

A week of enjoying the food and wine of Lyon and the Jura awaits If you’re one of the many folks I know who’s thinking about heading out for some significant overseas travel to try to make up for the last few years, this Zingerman’s Food Tour to France might just be the ticket. Not […]

Only seven seats remain as I write It’s been over 30 years since I went alone to Ireland for the first time. I knew very little about the country, I had no friends or food producers there to call on, and, back before the world of the web was the norm, I had very little […]