Planning guides: what is in season, which region to choose, and how to get there.
The short version: in Naples, eat pizza first, and eat it on Via dei Tribunali or at L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele, where the menu is still just Margherita and Marinara. Then work through the rest: a hot sfogliatella at Attanasio…
The short version: in Zadar, eat brudet, the slow fish stew served with polenta, octopus salad, pašticada, and from the island of Pag, the hard sheep’s cheese paški sir and Pag lamb. For a konoba dinner in the old town,…
The short version: in Valencia, eat paella valenciana at lunch, the real one with chicken, rabbit and beans, cooked over a wood fire at Casa Carmela by the beach or at Arrocería Maribel in the Albufera rice fields. Start the…
The short version: in San Sebastián, you eat standing up, bar to bar, in the Parte Vieja (Old Town): anchovies at Bar Txepetxa, a hot pintxo of braised beef cheek at Borda Berri, a slice of burnt Basque cheesecake at…
The short version: in Barcelona, eat tapas the Catalan way: pa amb tomàquet (bread rubbed with tomato), patatas bravas, a bomba (the city’s meat and potato croquette, said to have been invented in Barceloneta), chipirones with fried eggs at a…
The short version: on the Slovenian coast, eat the day’s fish grilled or baked in a crust of Piran salt, sardines, black cuttlefish risotto and fuži pasta with Istrian truffles. In Piran, book Pri Mari for a family-run seafood dinner,…
The short version: in Ljubljana, eat štruklji (rolled dumplings) under Plečnik’s arcades at Moji štruklji Slovenije, a kranjska klobasa with mustard and horseradish at Klobasarna, and a slice of potica, the rolled walnut cake, from LePotica on Stari trg. For…
The best food and wine experiences in Portugal: Porto food tours and port lodges, Douro Valley day trips, Lisbon pastries and petiscos, Setúbal wines and Madeira wine, and how to book.
The best wine tours in Spain: Rioja from Bilbao, Jerez sherry from Seville, Penedès cava from Barcelona, Ribera del Duero, Málaga and Ronda, and how to book.
The best wine tours in France: Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion, Burgundy, Champagne from Reims and Paris, the Loire and Vouvray, Provence and Saint-Tropez, and how to book.