FoodTripper.com Latest Articles

Hunter Gatherers in the Finnish Arctic

Mid-summer in Northern Finland with latter day hunter-gatherers Helena and Eero Sappanen

Colombia: A food tour, part 1

Medellín’s Otro Sabor food festival, Bogotá’s upscale restaurants and coffee in Quindío.

An ecofriendly taste of Istria

Has this Croatian peninsula found its niche in the holiday market with agritourism?

Time to Eat: Picota Cherries

The Jerte Valley might be an earthly Garden of Eden, but Rob Train finds that cherries, not apples, are the abundant fruit.

Setubal: Dessert wine and dolphins

First thing in the morning, it seems ever so slightly sacrilegious to head straight for the wines so I aim instead for Setúbal’s second claim to fame – dolphins

Chablis: Bacchus on a knife edge

After France, the Brits glug this nervy nectar with more gusto than any other nation. Douglas Blyde ventures Yonne-wards to meet a quartet of Chablis’ most galvanised producers.

Colombia: The Heart of Coffee Country

Bogota resident, Jonathan Stibbs, finds Colombia's coffee-growing region a different place to the days when cocaine ruled over coffee and everything else.

London: Carried Away at Cocktail Hour

Inspired by Sex and The City.2, Foodtripper gets all Carried Away with mixology at London's most stylish hangouts

Argentina's Secret Supper Clubs

Buenos Aires' residents run dining events from their own homes, giving tourists a chance to sample a variety of dishes and meet new people.

Iceland gets the all clear: Dairy Farming on Lake Myvatn

Before the volcano spewed ash into international air space Craig Butcher journeyed to Iceland to meet 7th generation dairy farmers. We venture back to find crystal clear lakes and skies.

England: Best of The South West

Planning a summer holiday in Britain? Zoe Perrett discovers the arriving is as good as the destination with the bounty of British produce available en route to the south west.

Time to eat: South African grapefruit

Will Roberts recalls a childhood abhorring grapefruit. Not so now; this all grown-up palate jumped at the chance to sample seasonal South African varieties and even suggests a few unusual pairings.

Where in the World to Eat: Sarajevo

In Bosnia you never go to someone’s home empty-handed. It is an old Turkish tradition that you will always take something sweet with you.”

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2010

At a glittering ceremony held at The Guild Hall, London, April 2010 the S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants were announced. Foodtripper was there and we have all fifty chart-topping restaurants right here.

Cupcake Affairs

A year ago, cupcakes were king- but have we become jaded? Zoe Perrett eats her own body weight in eclairs and macarons hoping for new thrills from other baked goods

Canada: Vancouver to Jasper by train

There are quicker ways to travel the 270-miles from Vancouver to Jasper, but none are quite so scenic as weaving through the Rockies on the Canadian, the magnificent stainless steel art deco-style train.

Food Hotel: The Sarojin, Khao Lak, Thailand.

Alabaster sand, cerulean seas and cooking up a traditional Thai curry in the jungle in Khao Lak.

The Real Food Festival: Foodtripper's Top 10 for 2010

In a few short weeks The Real Food Festival comes to life for the third time. To help you navigate the world's largest urban farmyard Foodtripper has come up with ten must-visit producers.

Edinburgh: Oil & Whisky

With fewer than 500 bottles allocated for the UK’s most distinguished dipsomaniacs, I had flown to Edinburgh to sip master blender, Richard Paterson’s conversion of water from the rapids of the River Averon into one of the world’s finest malts...

Food Hotel: Mesmear, North Cornwall

Last Wednesday at 8am, I was on the tube, snuggled into a stranger’s armpit on my way to City Airport. A couple of hours later, I was motoring through the daffodil-fringed lanes of north Cornwall in the sunshine.

Macau, Part 2: Dim sum and custard tarts

Foodtripper's journey through Macau continues with a Dim Sum feast and Lord Stow's legendary tarts.

Foodtripper TV: Miami - Daniel Boulud talks to Helen Hokin

Miami: Three Michelin Star Chef, Daniel Boulud talks to Helen about opening Bar Bouloud, London this spring.

Time to eat: South African pears

The pear is one of the homeliest residents of our fruit bowl – so imagine my surprise when, on a recent trip to South Africa, I was served some of the finest examples I’ve ever had the pleasure of biting into.

Beyond the Great Wall: the secrets of Chinese Cuisine

Which foods symbolise prosperity, happiness and wealth? What's the correct way to roast a Peking duck? The Delicious China Tour has all the answers and more.

Paris for the meat free? Mais oui

A city break in a country noted for its enthusiastic consumption of edible flesh in stages from almost raw to over-cooked doesn’t need to set the vegetarian pulse to panic mode.

Author profile: Trina Hahnemann

Author of The Nordic Diet, Trina Hahneman, on Rye bread, The Rolling Stones and The Royal Cafe.

Santa Monica: Raw food revolution

Come to California for raw food and a green and peaceful life, writes Lori Ansaldi

New Year: Wine Girl Part 3 - For the love of bubbles

Lucy finds her calling making sparkling wines at Domaine Chandon in the Australian Yarra Valley.

Tantalising Cardamom

As the mercury drops still further Zoe Perrett takes comfort in the warmth of Cardamom.

Penbugle Farm, Cornwall

Will Roberts meets the Cornish farmer behind Whole Foods Market's ethically produced meat.

A Plum of a Pudding

Foodtripper explores the web of symbol and superstition behind the Christmas pudding.

Wine Girl: Part 2 - How to Curb Temptation

The lure of highly alcoholic, sweet, luscious wines is enough to tempt anyone - especially on a cold winter's night, writes Lucy Clements.

Jersey: It's butter but not as we know it

Traditionally produced in November the islanders associate it with Christmas. Philip Lowery meets the Jersey Black Butter makers

Christmas Down Mexico Way

For Christmas, Anna Maria Espsater travels to Mexico where turkey originated and Christianity still thrives.

Twelve Days of Christmas Markets

Christmas market season's upon us. Here are our twelve favourite destinations for eating, drinking and making merry.

Hand luggage or hamper?

Cat Davies looks into the rules on food imports to the UK and finds plenty of scope for bringing back Christmas treats.

Hooked on Titicaca’s trout or Trout and Titicaca’s cars

In La Paz, fresh fish is a luxury—the coast is a country away and the Choqueyapu river is so filthy even microbes cannot survive in it, reports Jonathan Stibbs.

Argentina's vegetarian rebels: Buenos Aires

Beef might be the country's protein of choice but vegetarian cuisine has found a foothold in Argentina and now seems set to flourish, writes Kate Stanworth.

The Other Side of Macau: Part 1.

Andrew Copestake bypasses the roulette wheels to discover Macau's lesser-known and edible attractions.

Hot to trot: the renaissance of casquería

Snubbed for decades by Madrid's middle classes Rob Train finds the Iberian answer to black pudding is making a comeback on restaurant menus.

Wine and chocolate pairing: Stellenbosch, S.A.

The approach to the Waterford Estate is grand and flanked with orange trees.Wineries that look like this can't make bad wine.

Just mad about saffron: La Mancha, Spain

The world’s costliest spice, historically a root of avarice, may now hold the key to mellowing the opiate trade in Afghanistan. Rob Train investigates

Swiss cheese in Lucerne

Real Food Festival founder, Philip Lowery finds world class cheese and hospitality to match in Lucerne.

Food Detective: Juniper

As you sip your G&T this autumn, game season in swing, give thanks for the beguiling, bruise-coloured berries ripening on the bushes, writes Zoe Perrett.

Discover the delicious world of Japanese cuisine

Tokyo has more Michelin Stars than any other city. Japan Journeys invite you to a showround.

Food Hotel: Dolder Grand – Zurich

I’ve never quite got my head around Zurich. How can this city of sober bankers also host one of the world’s largest Techno street parties each year?

Wine Girl: Part 1 - Virgin Vintage, Barossa Valley

Ever dreamed of working in wine? Follow our series with winemaker, Lucy Clements, to find out how she did it.

A Vegetarian Weekend in Cork

A concentration of superb veggie providers in Cork had Olivia Greenway jumping at the first excuse to go there.

The rise and rise of organic wine: Rhineland, Germany

Out with the old. Andrew Copestake meets the young Rhineland vintners flying in the face of traditional wine producing techniques.

Lovely Bubbly - Epernay and Reims

The Champagne region is deliciously awash with fizz and a few foods to match, as Craig Butcher discovers.

The Hungry Cyclist in Taiwan. Day 6, Shilin night market, Taipei

The Taiwanese greet one another with: 'Have you eaten? My answer, after cycling the island, is a resounding yes.

Michelin starred mountains, Austria

Everything tastes good at 2200 metres. Frances Booth takes an Alpine food hut walk.

Summer food activities: Beekeeping in England

Will Roberts finds out what it's like to keep 20,000 pets.

Mountain magic - Salzburg, Austria

Austria might not be known for its cuisine – yet. Anna Maria Espsater discovers a few rising star restaurants around Salzburg.

An Italian Meal: Part 4 - Fish

Christine Smallwood haggles over the daily catch

Fiery food fun: UK Chilli cook-off championships 2009

On July 2nd temperatures will soar in London's first Americana Chilli Cook-off.

Tracing the origins of paella in Valencia

Spain has a reputation for the most avant-garde cuisine in Europe. But William Leigh is drawn by the most traditional dish of all.

Clodagh McKenna's Florence

It’s so hard not to dish out a torrent of superlatives in appraising Florence but I will do my best.

Forest feast

The forest in late spring is awash with edible treats. Will Roberts goes foraging.

Diary of a food festival organiser, part 5

Anne finds out that Wirral Food Festival has been shortlisted for the tourism event of the year.

The Food Detective: Zoe Perrett wonders about watercress

Deemed the 'original superfood', it's a veritable powerhouse of 15 vitamins and minerals. Its origins lie in Ancient Greece, and here in the UK, the Victorians considered it a blood cleanser. It's also reputedly great for hangovers- try it in a 'hair of the dog' Bloody Mary!

An Italian Meal: Part 3 - Pasta

Can you tell tagliatelle from orecchiette? What's the difference between ravioli and penne? Christine Smallwood explores pasta in part three of her series.

The llama farmer, Bolivia

Bolivia-resident Jon Stibbs goes off the traditional epicurious track in search of the “Prince of the Andes”

The Hungry Cyclist goes fishing - Baja California

The dictionary definition of a tachometer is the device used to determine the speed of rotation of a vehicle’s axle. The Hungry Cyclist’s definition is the average number of tacos consumed in a day while cycling in Mexico

Nose to tail eating in Taipei's street food markets

If snake-blood shooters and intestine soup are the mainstays of Taipei's fast food scene, then how can these extreme food-loving islanders grimace at our affection for mouldy Stilton cheese? wonders Will Roberts.

Diary of a food festival organiser, part 4

A dawn raid on a field of asparagus kicks off the season in style.

Ten of the best: gourmet goodies from the Real Food Festival 2009

Food festival spy Zoe Perrett made it her personal mission to eat her way to discovering her top ten food favourites from the Real Food Festival 2009

Recipe: Rowley Leigh's seared mackerel fillets with apple confit, rosemary and pine kernels

“The sharpness of the apple in this dish contrasts perfectly with the delicate mackerel.” Rowley Leigh

Korea: a spirited adventure

Anna Maria Espsäter gets to grips with kimchi-chilli pickled vegaeables and gochujang in South Korea’s underexplored Jeollabuk-do province.

Pool Deck Of The Gods: Sampling the best of Las Vegas.

What could easily have been a bloodbath, thankfully turned into a veritable chefs’ hoe-down as Sin City’s finest gathered for a Grand Tasting around the pool of Caesar’s Palace. Andrew Copestake joined them.

An Italian Meal: Part 2 - Antipasti

In the second of her seven-part series, Christine Smallwood considers whether grilled aubergines mark the true start of an Italian meal or just make for a very good picnic.

Diary of a food festival organiser, part 3

As the festival date draws closer Anne quietly eyes the competition in Chester only to find she's the subject of the Chairman's opening speech.

Gourmet Galicia: Sampling the Atlantic Diet

Galicians take their food very seriously, with almost every meal a feast and tasting still a ritual. Anna Maria Espsater joins them on a culinary journey.

A Day in the Life - Steven Snow

Restaurants are “hot, stressful, intense, noisy places,” says Australian chef Steven Snow. But his home on Possum Creek is not. He gives us a peek into his enviable daily life.

Diary of a food festival organiser, part 2

This week Anne invites four celebrity chefs to a photoshoot then narrowly misses setting them on fire with the props: a pan, a match and a bottle of vodka.

Diary of food festival organiser, part 1

Ever dreamed of setting up your own food festival? That's what Anne Benson did. In the run up to Wirral Food Festival's fourth year, Anne shares her diary exclusively with Foodtripper.

Game On

The best of Corsica is found inland, says Will Roberts, as he tackles Wild Boar and Honey Stew away from the cocktail-crazy harbour of Calvi.

An Italian Meal: Part 1 - Bread

In her fortnightly feature, Christine Smallwood deconstructs, to the last delicious crumb, the Italian meal. This week: Bread

Where in the World to Eat: L.A.

Foodtripper follows the most discerning Angelinos to three hot dining spots.

Colombia: Bogota bakes

On Sundays, Bogota's streets are closed to traffic and open to the city's pastry-loving pedestrians. Jon Stibbs follows the crowd for a bite of Colombia's lesser-known baked treats.

Island life: St Lucia for Food Lovers

Discerning food lovers will lap up these luxury Caribbean food adventures.