Beyond Restaurants: Ways To Savor A Local Food Scene

On your next travel, consider sampling the products at a farmer's market, taking a food trip drove by a professional culinary expert or even welcoming yourself over for a dinner at a resident's home. Here are ways on how to savor your local food scene.

Eat in a local's home

It's the holy grail of foodie travel getting a welcome to eat a home-cooked meal with a local crew. Also, it's a considerable measure and less demanding than it used to be.

Some websites can offer you some help with organising this type of experience. At EatWith.com, you can scan listings from hosts offering experiences like homemade tapas and paella in Valencia, Spain, or a Brazilian family menu in Rio de Janeiro. EatwithaLocal.com is a comparative service that offers both home-cooked meals and meet-ups at food festivals and different events.

Visit a grocery store

If you need to eat what local people eat, you need to shop where local people shop and that is the market. In some parts of the world, it won't look excessively unique from the spacious markets you're used to at home; in others, you might find yourself wandering a few dusty dry goods aisles in the shop on the corner. In any case, you'll get a smart thought of what types of food are the staples of the local diet.

Take a cooking class

Don't simply eat the local food but rather figure out how to cook it! The truly dedicated can take a week long culinary vacation while dabblers can sharpen their craft in an a few hour workshop. TheInternationalKitchen.com is a good source for both types of experiences offering single-day classes in Italy, France and Spain as well as longer vacations in nearly a dozen countries.

Browse a local market

Colorful and sometimes chaotic, a farmer's market is a perfect spot to discover homegrown food products, from fresh fruit and vegetables to artisanal goods like honey or cheese. As you wander the stalls, you can visit with sellers and get a couple of goodies for a picnic lunch. Markets are likewise fabulous spots for amateur photographers that they are couple of shots more luscious than a vibrant pile of ripe berries or exotic vegetables.