Mickela Mallozzi has been all over the world filming her award winning TV show Bare Feet. Mickela returns to Destination Eat Drink to talk about her adventures in Taiwan while filming season 8, including drums and dance in a repurposed sugar refinery, an extra loud welcome ceremony, and making a meal with a bamboo knife, Plus, the Raohe Night Market in Taipei and a song about shrimp! [Ep 367]

Show Notes:

Foodie Travel Guide ebooks from Destination Eat Drink
Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi TV show
Brent’s video about the international cuisine of Portugal

We’re celebrating the 7th anniversary of the Destination Eat Drink podcast with some delicious wines from around the world. There’s the unusual native grapes of Veneto in Italy, a unique wine island near Auckland, New Zealand, a surprising wine region in the United States, and why you shouldn’t sleep on the underrated French region of Beaujolais. Plus, wine and food pairing tips! [Ep 366]

Show Notes:

Foodie Travel Guide ebooks from Destination Eat Drink
Secret Wine Door in Paris
Monica Cesarato Venice food tours
The Big Foody food tours in New Zealand
Cat Neville’s TV show Tastemakers
Brent’s video about LX Factory in Lisbon

So many places in Europe are suffering from overtourism; massive crowds, overpriced hotels, and grumpy locals. So, we’re giving some tips to avoid the crowds in hotspots like Florence, Dubrovnik, and Rome. [Ep 365]

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel stories

Taste Florence with Toni Mazzaglia
Elizabeth Becker Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
Rob Rose Raw Travel TV show
Katie Parla Rome: A Culinary History, Cookbook, and Field Guide to the Flavors that Built a City

Ruixi Hu has brought her passion for delicious local food to her company Lost Plate where she takes hungry visitors to the best spots in Shanghai and other cities in China. Ruixi tells Brent about a unique coffee drink made with fermented rice, something called exploding fish, the city’s craft beer scene, a carb-tastic breakfast, and much, much, more! [Ep 364].

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel videos

Lost Plate Shanghai Food Tours

New York Times bestselling author Katie Parla talks with Brent about her adopted hometown of Rome and her new book Rome: A Culinary History, Cookbook, and Field Guide to the Flavors that Build a City and dishes like braised pig skin and beans, pizza tongues, and Roman rice balls. Plus, why Jewish Roman dishes are often fried, getting pickpocketed in the Eternal City, and busting the myth of Carbonara. [Ep 363]

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guides
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel videos

Katie Parla’s website

Rome: A Culinary History, Cookbook, and Field Guide to the Flavors that Build a City

Brent met up in Dublin with Gráinne Lawlor from Flavour Trails last summer where she told Brent about the little rooms in pubs called snugs and the new tours she has planned for her company. Now that those tours are live, Gráinne is back to tell Brent about the storytelling tour and storytelling tradition, creatures like banshees and the Puca, and Halloween traditions in Ireland. Plus, lots of whiskey recommendations, daytrips to Cliffs of Moher, Donegal, and much more! [Ep 362]

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink Foodie Travel Guides
Destination Eat Drink videos

Flavour Trails food and whiskey tours

Heimata Hall from Tahiti Food Tour has a fascinating story. Born in Tahiti, Heimata was destined to work in his family’s lucrative pearl business. But, fate intervened and he found his own way, first in Hawaii and then in his home of Tahiti. Heimata tells Brent about Tahiti reclaiming its culinary heritage and getting out of its “time capsule”. Plus, why Snack Shops are the place to be in Tahiti. [Ep 361]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink videos

Food Tours with Heimata at Tahiti Food Tour

Avik Mitra from A Chef’s Tour is back on the podcast to talk about the cuisine of the Bengal region of India. Avik tells Brent about the surprising Persian origin of Biryani, samosas from Uzbekistan and momos from Nepal.

Plus, we fit in a little Eric Clapton and Beatles talk. [Ep 360]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink videos

Avik’s Kolkata Food Tour at A Chef’s Tour
Avik talking about Kolkata on Destination Eat Drink