Non-Restaurant Travel Destinations?

[johnsmith45678]

If you created a non-restaurant travel itineray of locations that would be of interest to traveling foodies (gack, I can't believe I used that term! ;P ), what would you put on it? In the US, western Europe, or hell anywhere. I can't think of many:

- Napa Valley

- Wine regions of France

- Maybe some historic sites like those shown on Feasting on Asphalt (Duncan Hines, KFC, etc.)

- Maybe some cooking schools, like CIA

- Maybe the James Beard House (I've never been there)

- Maybe Maine for the lobsters

- Maybe large-scale food growing/harvesting operations (like that shellfish farm in Washington shown on Dirty Jobs)

What else?

In my own locale of Colorado, I can't think of much:

- Our small-time wine industry by Grand Junction

- Farms on the plains (really nothing to see, except maybe for some farmers markets)

- Coors and Budweiser (oh, and there are quite a few microbrews in Fort Collins; but none are terribly exciting to visit)

- Maybe AppleJack which claims to be "the largest wine, beer and spirits store in the country"

- If you're in the area, Savory Spice Shop, which has a ton of different herbs, spices, etc. at great prices.

Edited August 11, 2006 by johnsmith45678 (log)

[johnsmith45678]

- I know people who would visit Jack Daniels if they were anywhere near the area.

[BigboyDan]

The Spice Islands; Southern Africa; Southern Chile; Chihuahua and the Yucatan in Mexico; Alaska; Northern British Columbia near the Yukon River; South Texas; the Florida Keys; and, Cuba.

[docsconz]

Anywhere there is good food, markets and a tradition of good cooking.

[johnsmith45678]

Southern Africa; Southern Chile; Chihuahua and the Yucatan in Mexico; Alaska; Northern British Columbia near the Yukon River; South Texas; the Florida Keys; and, Cuba.

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What specifically that's food-related at those places?

I've been to south Texas and Key West, so that's probably Tex-Mex in general, and I dunno -- conches?

[Pan]

To me, non-restaurant food means either markets or stalls. For stalls, I automatically think of Malaysia, but most any Southeast Asian country would be a good bet - Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc. And then of course there's India.

[BigboyDan]

In South Texas, "The Valley", you come across an area-specific cuisine within the general Texas Border cuisine, not Tex-Mex in origion at all. A source on the subject specifically, and of the Border in total: La Cocina de la Frontera.

And the Florida Keys have their own special ways of mixing and matching food stuffs with sevaral historical cuisines, and have developed their own. A source on the subject: Keys Cuisine.

Neither places mentioned above are noted for their restaurants in particular...

Edited August 12, 2006 by BigboyDan (log)

[Holly Moore]

Any small town or county seat in the South.

[johnsmith45678]

- 'Nawlins probably. Just 'cuzz. I really enjoyed visiting there (pre-Katrina).

[lleary]

How about the DeKalb Farmers Market in Decatur, Ga (Atlanta area)? Anybody been there?

[rooftop1000]

In South Texas, "The Valley", you come across an area-specific cuisine within the general Texas Border cuisine, not Tex-Mex in origion at all. A source on the subject specifically, and of the Border in total: La Cocina de la Frontera.

And the Florida Keys have their own special ways of mixing and matching food stuffs with sevaral historical cuisines, and have developed their own. A source on the subject: Keys Cuisine.

Neither places mentioned above are noted for their restaurants in particular...

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I lived in the valley....only thing I saw foodie was the watermelon truck ....just like the icecream truck, except Watermelon

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