Ready to feed your sense of adventure? USTOA invites you along on a tantalizing journey, where destinations come alive through cultural foodways that reveal so much about past and present, people and place.
Today's savvy travelers crave more than restaurant reservations when they touch down in a new-to-them city. Culinary tourism is on the rise, and USTOA member tour operators are peppering their itineraries with authentic tastes, behind-the-scenes access, and hands-on experiences. Whether it's sampling scrumptious snacks prepped at humble street stalls or helping to harvest biodiverse ingredients, the meals on these trips tell a story.
Come along via video to Quebec City, Canada, where we'll watch bakers pull croissants from wood-fired ovens and follow the sweet scent of maple syrup back to its Indigenous roots. In China, it's Chongqing's passion for spice that livens up everything from abundant seafood to noodles made the traditional way. Then we're off to Colombia's emerging foodie city, Cali, to sip ancestral beverages and taste the bounty of the Pacific, all while exploring the African and European influences that have shaped a cuisine that's unique in all the world.
USTOA delivers instant gratification, too, in the form of an all-new edition of its Global Kitchen Cookbook. Flip through the pages below and allow dishes from every hemisphere on earth to expand your palate for places you've yet to explore.
