Why Portugal?
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Portugal
One of our favorite destinations for a cooking vacation? Portugal! It has everything you can ask for: great food, friendly people, wonderful local wines (and I don't just mean Port!), amazing cultural sites, and a beautiful and diverse landscape. We were so distraught to hear about the recent wild fires there, and the deaths they caused. And it made us even more determined to share our love of this country… Read
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Travel Tips: Getting around by Car in Portugal
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips, Travel Videos Portugal
Portugal is an easy country to see whether by car or by train, and is one of our favorite destinations for a cooking vacation. Only about as large as the state of Illinois, it offers a ton of exciting things to see in the cities and the countryside. Certainly the easiest way to manage your trip is to let us handle the logistics - that's what we're here for! But… Read
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My Favorite Cooking Classes
Filed Under Destination Features, What's Up at TIK Portugal
It's Friday - time for Friday favorites! And today I'm remember a couple of the many amazing cooking classes I've taken over the years I've been with The International Kitchen. I've always like to cook, which is how I found myself abandoning academia and looking for work that was somehow related to food. That was 13 years ago and I've done a lot of cooking since then. My favorite thing… Read
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A Day in Lisbon
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Portugal
Lisbon is a fascinating city well worth exploring for many days on one of our cooking vacations to Portugal. Here are a few of our favorite things to do there while on a Portugal tour with The International Kitchen or on your own. You could easily break these activities up over the course of many days as well to save your tired feet, but these are just the tip of… Read
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6 Often Over-Looked But Not to Miss Cooking Vacations
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips Croatia, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Vietnam & Cambodia
We often get inquiries about destinations that people hear about a lot… places like Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast in Italy, and Provence in France. While we adore those regions very much, there are some other places that hold special places in our hearts, ones that are too often overlooked. Many of these are off the beaten path, but that only makes them more unique. Whether you've traveled a lot,… Read
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A Walk through the Douro Valley
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips, Wines & Spirits Portugal
Portugal isn't nearly as well known as its neighbor, Spain, other than perhaps, for its wine: port wine, to be specific. And where will you find port wine, and how it's made? In the stunningly beautiful Douro Valley, which was named one of the best places to visit this year by Travel+Leisure magazine. The valley stretches from the city of Porto (worth of a visit of its own too) to… Read
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