Episodes
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Lucian Reed-Drake first visited Bangkok as a teenage backpacker. Today, he calls the bustling city his home. He tells Brent about co-founding his tour company A Chef's Tour and the best things to eat and drink in Bangkok including mango sticky rice, miang kham, and khanom tuay. Plus, the story of a Portuguese woman who's responsible for most of the pastry in Thailand! [Ep 310]
Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink ebooks
A Chef's Tour -
Brent explores some of the best coffee from around the world including Colombia and Vietnam. Plus, great coffee recommendations in the birthplace of Starbuck, Seattle, and 3rd wave shops in New York City. [Ep 309]
Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink ebooks
Restaurante Leo website
FunLeo Foundation
Jackfruit Adventure website
Rated V
Rated V YouTube Channel
Darley Newman’s website
Not Just Tourists -
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Maria is in Lisbon and meets Brent for an episode of the podcast. She tells Brent about her first trip to mainland Portugal, her love of the city of Guimarães, The Douro Valley, and a scary escape from the Portuguese wildfires. Maria also talks about her new cookbook and some of her family recipes. Plus, Maria and Brent share their favorite places for a Pastel de Nata in Lisbon [Ep 308]
Show Notes:
Maria Lawton's website
Maria's podcast Married to Portuguese
Maria's book At My Portuguese Table
Maria's cookbook Azorean Cooking
Torre de Palma Wine Hotel -
Jian Tayaban is an expert on the food and culture of Manila. He shares the best dishes to try in his city in off the beaten track neighborhoods. Jian tells Brent about Manila's street food and dishes called Dynamite and Lumpia as well as a Dim Sum tour in the world's oldest Chinatown. Plus, ordering a dish that could get you in big trouble! [Ep 307]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
Explore Manila Tours website -
Aveiro is called the Venice of Portugal, but that might be unfair to Aveiro. The city has so much to offer besides just being compared to the Italian city. Yes, there are canals and cool boats, but there's also great food like a local pastry and a delicious treat named after pig innards (yes, really). Local guide Rossana Freitas shares her expertise on this interesting city. [Ep 306]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
Sentir Aveiro website -
Everyone loves pizza and we're trying different kinds of pizza in Italy and NYC. Katie Parla talks about the styles of pizza in Rome and why Double Zero flour is a marketing scam. Then, Marco Scapagnini tells Brent about the unique pizza of Sicily. And, Scott Weiner shares why there is no true NY style pizza. [Ep 305]
Show Notes:
Katie Parla's website
The Joy of Pizza
Niche Italy
Scott's Pizza Tours -
Capri Cafaro is a TV personality, cookbook author, and radio host and podcaster who got her start as a state senator in Ohio. She tells Brent about her Italian heritage and the influence of her grandmother on her love of food and how it led her to storytelling on TV. Then, Capri talks about her new show on PBS, America the Bountiful and some of the interesting people she met while filming the first season and, of course, the great food including interesting cranberry and cherry dishes, pear brandy, and hunting for her dinner in South Dakota. [Ep 304]
Show Notes:
Capri's website
America the Bountiful
Capri's Cookbook: United We Eat -
Tommo from Eat This! Food & Wine Tours and Megsy from Food Fun Travel are back on the podcast to talk about the 8,000 year history of wine from the country of Georgia! Tommo and Megsy tell Brent about some of the unique wine regions of Georgia, aging wine in clay pots, and a monastery that has been making wine continuously for 1,000 years. Plus, we discuss the irony of Georgia being the oldest wine making place in the world while having one of the world's youngest winemaking industries. [Ep 303]
Show Notes:
Eat This! Food and Wine Tours
Food Fun Travel
Tbilisi podcast
Giuaani Winery
Shumi Winery
Baia Winery
8000 Vintages
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Tommo and Megsy are world travelers who have visited almost100 countries. But, several years ago, they set down roots in the country of Georgia and that's where they're raising their family and working on spreading the world about the beautiful and fascinating country they call home. They tell Brent about an amazing feast called a Supra, a dumpling eating lesson, and the incredible toasts given by a person called a Tamada. Plus, they'll talk about a restaurant whose menu is based on a 100 year old cookbook and a bottle of wine at passport control. [Ep 302]
Show Notes:
Eat This! Food and Wine Tours
Food Fun Travel
Tbilisi podcast
Georgian House
Giuaani Winery
Ninia's Garden
Chveni
Ethnographer
Barbarestan
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We're discovering some of the best markets in the world as we visit Bordeaux, France in a motorcycle sidecar, find the best pickles in Seville, Spain, the king of fruit in the Saigon market, and get Chinese veggies at a market in Melbourne, Australia. [Ep 301]
Show Notes:
Darley Newman’s website
Retro Sidecar Tour
Pilar Rubio’s Instagram and also
Mercado de Triana
Jackfruit Adventure website
Walk Melbourne Tours
Queen Victoria Market
South Melbourne Market
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Vincent Marcus is a foodie tour guide for Food Tours Stockholm as well as a sommelier and an advanced degree student studying marine food systems. He talks with Brent about marine food sustainability, new Nordic cuisine, coffee culture, and the surprising wine culture of Sweden. Plus, there's pickled herring and Swedish drinking songs [Ep 300]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink at Buy Me A Coffee
Food Tours Stockhom
Nya Carnegie Bryggeriet
Omnipollos hatt
Pang Pang
Frantzén
Lilla Ego -
Vancouver is getting tons of buzz as a foodie city. Doug, founder of Vancouver Food Tours, and his lead guide Sean talk with Brent about pasta topped with Japanese curry, a bar built in just 24 hours, and why actors make the best tour guides. Plus, pet psychics and the story of Gassy Jack! [Ep 299]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink on Buy Me A Coffee
Taste Vancouver Food Tours
Brioche
Alibi Room
Zoomak
Bar Tartare
L'Abattoir
Tacofino
Gringo
Is That French
6 Acres
Oku
Monarco
Aracana Spirit Lounge
Guu Izakaya
MeeT
Lee's Donuts
Cafe Kitsune
Waffleland
Electric Bicycle
Faculty
Brewhall
Craft
LuLu Island Winery
Miso Taco
Kissa Tanto
Sai Woo
PiDGiN -
Daniel Gray lived in an orphanage in Korea until the age of 5 when he was adopted by a couple in the U.S. Daniel talks with Brent about fried lobster on a stick, Spam as a luxury item, and what we can learn about Korea from the TV show M*A*S*H. Plus, a street food dish that's so addictive it's called a narcotic and showing a Hollywood star around Seoul. [Ep 298]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink on Buy Me A Coffee
Seoul Eats
Brew 3.14 -
We're cooling off during the dog days of summer with frozen treats from all over the world. We'll sample the Cosmic Cousin of Neapolitan Ice Cream, an Australian flavor called Iced Vovo, and a Gelato Sandwich. [Ep 297]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink at Buy Me A Coffee
Culinary Adventure Co.
Eat St. Louis Food Tours
Walk Melbourne
Culinary Backstreets - Palermo -
Montmartre is one of the great foodie neighborhoods in Paris. Karl Wilder from The Chef Tours tells Brent about the best places to eat & drink as well as a gourmet picnic, and dishes like eggs preserved in gelatin, escargot, beef bourguignon, coq au vin, and a thinner baguette. Plus, some truffle talk! [Ep 296]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink on Buy Me A Coffee
The Chef Tours
Lux Bar
Sacré-Cœur
Crazy Horse Paris
La Mascotte Montmartre
La Cave des Abbesses , 43 rue des Abbesses
Le Petit Moulin, 17 Rue Tholozé, 75018 Paris, France -
Erwan Leo from The Secret Wine Door in Paris is a wine expert, but he didn't start that way. He tells Brent about his major career shift and how he survived when his shop was closed during the pandemic. He tells Brent about the most underrated wine region in France, the Left Bank and the Right Bank of Bordeaux, and an alternative to Châteauneuf-du-Pape. [Ep 295]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
The Secret Wine Door website
Orange wine in Seville video -
Andrea Chierici lives and works in Bologna, Italy and loves his city! He tells Brent about the amazing food including lasagna with green noodles, ragu alla Bolognese, and a crispy treat called Crescentina. Plus, why you need to forget stereotypes and try Lambrusco! [Ep 294]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
Taste Bologna website
Mercato delle Erbe
Quadrilatero market -
Monica Eng is an award winning journalist from Chicago who has worked at the Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, WBEZ radio, and now, Axois. She took on the story of this year's so-called Cicadapalooza, and has written stories about why this year's Cicada emergence, going as far as frying and eating the noisy little insects. Then, she tells Brent what she loves about summer in Chicago! [Ep 293]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
Monica Eng on Axios
Made In Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites -
Brent visits Seville, Spain to learn about buying cakes from nuns. Then, we're enjoying an ice cream from New Zealand called Hokey Pokey, the state cookie of New Mexico, and how to eat a cupcake in Seattle! [Ep 292]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink
Darley Newman's website
Pilar Rubio’s Instagram
Frugal Travellers YouTube Channel
Rated V YouTube Channel
Cupcake Royale
Hot Cakes
Dough Joy -
Mexico City's urban islands of Xochimilco have fed the city for centuries. Victor Gamboa, an environmentalist and tour guide from Culinary Backstreets, is trying to preserve Xochimilco and the farmer's traditional way of life. Victor tells Brent about how the islands were constructed and how visitors can see this amazing part of Mexico City that's 7 times the size of New York's Central Park. Plus, he shares his taco recommendations and why you need to leave room in your luggage when you visit Mexico City. [Ep 291]
Show Notes:
Support Destination Eat Drink at Buy Me a Coffee
Xochimilco tour at Culinary Backstreets
Xochimilco Market - Montre plus
