In response to last week's newsletter titled "Is Food Tourism making a comeback?"
Food tourism has always been a part of the travel experience and it's not new.
Since 2015, I have been writing about local and authentic food experiences on Authentic Food Quest, a food and travel website I co-founded at www.authenticfoodquest.com
The goal has always been and continues to be about inspiring people to seek out local food and culinary activities on their travels. We share content about cooking classes, food and wine tours, recipes of emblematic dishes all aimed at helping people experience local culture through food.
Since the pandemic and also keeping with the rise in travel, we've seen an increased consumption in our content. And, when traveling and participating in various culinary activities around the world, we see more people and a higher interest in learning about local foods and drinks.
The key is not to make food tourism a "passing fad." The plat du jour that will be replac...
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Hi everyone!
I am Olga, co-founder of ExploRussia. And this is my cooking class.
This 1-1.5 hours is not only about cooking "the Russian salad", it is about our culture and daily habbits. I will show you some snippets of soviet cartoons, the most traditional Russian movie where they eat a lot :) and I will even read to you a Russian kid's folk tale! The whole hour we talk, laugh, discuss and, yes, we do cook! So I invite you to join me for this experience :)
Looks fun! In Bulgaria, we call the Olivier salad "Russian salad" 😄 What's one fact about Russia that surprises all your guests?
But also what I find in other countries is called "Russian salad" is a bit different from what we cook. Russian salad is more - potato salad. But Olivier is a mixture of different veggies, where potato in fact is not main ingridient. Surprise :)
I can personally vouch for this cooking class, as I was lucky enough experience it in IRL in Moscow a few years ago with Olga and her family!
Hey how! Great memories for us as well!
HI Olga, This is Luis G Nelson from yolovivo-- Panama. Is it possible you contact me ? luis@yolovivo.com thanks a lot. Luis
Hi Luis!
Sure, emailing you right away :)