We’re celebrating Carnival season by starting the party early in Rio (at 7am!), dancing in the streets in Guadeloupe, and chowing down on the best treats and snacks before Lent in Italy. Plus, how to best enjoy Venice’s famous Carnival party! [Ep 376]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink food & travel ebooks
Destination Eat Drink food & travel videos

Taste Florence food tours
Monica Cersarato’s blog
Eat Rio food tours
Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi

Visiting local markets is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in the culture and food of a city. Brent talks with locals about the diverse markets of Palermo, how to find the best fish at the Rialto Market in Venice, the kind of fruit at the market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the must have food souvenir from the market in Mexico City. [Ep 375]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink blog

Alternative Tours Palermo with Enrica
Venice with Monica Cesarato
Simply Enak food tours with Pauline Lee
Mexico City food tours with Culinary Backstreets

Somsack is from Laos where he became a Buddhist monk as a young man and spent time living in a temple. Today, Somsack is a foodie tour guide for A Chef’s Tour, taking hungry and curious travelers around his city of Luang Prabang. He tells Brent why the French are to thank for coffee culture in Laos, how seaweed helps young people in a tough job market, and cooking a delicious stew for all his friends! [Ep 374]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink blog

A Chef’s Tour food tours of Luang Prabang

Lori Sganzerla is a foodie tour guide from Modena, Italy. She knows the famous city of gastronomy as well as anyone and shares the things you must try when visiting including the famous aged balsamic vinegar. Plus, a local wine that’s been unfairly maligned, dipping cookies in wine, making pasta with grandma, and running into a world famous chef at the market. [Ep 373]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guides
Destination Eat Drink blog
Taste Bologna food tours in Modena

Xavi Curtis is the brains behind Go Further, a tour company that takes curious travelers around Africa. Xavi tells Brent about the unique cuisine of Ethiopia including a grain so small they say you can’t see it, a carb heavy dish with an Italian twist, an unusual drink called Turbo. Plus, the birthplace of coffee and why most Ethiopian coffee is exported. [Ep 372]

Show Notes:

Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink blog
Go Further tours in Ethiopia

Award winning author and podcaster Rick Kaempfer joins Brent to talk about vacation mishaps. There’s broken arms in Switzerland, broken legs in Montana, and an unwanted pig farm vacation. Plus, getting kicked out of a hotel in France and a suspicious credit card misplacement. [Ep 371]

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guide ebooks
Destination Eat Drink blog

Rick’s publishing company Eckhartz Press
Minutia Men podcast
Minutia Men Celebrity Interview podcast
Rick’s Free Kicks podcast

We’re toasting 2026 with whiskeys and liqueurs around the world. There’s a new favorite Irish whiskey, a liqueur that causes you to make a sour face, a drink made from cacti, and the signature drink of Estonia. [Ep 370]

Show Notes:
Destination Eat Drink foodie travel guides
Destination Eat Drink blog

Rick’s publishing company Eckhartz Press
David Hammond and Monica Eng’s book Made in Chicago
Simon Bajada’s website
Simon’s book Malta: Mediterranean Recipes from the Islands
Discover Estonia food tours

Happy New Year from Destination Eat Drink! On our special New Year’s episode we’re ringing in the new year by banging bread on the wall in Ireland, celebrating the constellation of Matariki in New Zealand, and observing First Footing in Scotland. Plus, throwing furniture off the balcony in Naples and adding whisky to trifle! [Ep 369]

Show Notes:

Foodie Travel Guides by Destination Eat Drink
Flavour Trails food and whiskey tours in Ireland
Mickela’s TV show Bare Feet
Daniel Stables travel writer
Dan’s book Fiesta: A Journey Through Festivity
Edinburgh food tours with Nell at Edinburgh Food Safari
Brent’s video from the Lille, France Christmas Market