We gathered in the hotel lobby at 6 pm to meet our fellow food tour travelers. This is when you discover who you will be traveling with for the next 10 days.

One sunny and sticky afternoon, we arrived at a lovely white mansion on a back street in Bangkok to have lunch.

All those years we lived in New York City we never got around to eating at Le Bernardin, the legendary three-star Michelin restaurant by Eric Ripert which opened in 1986.

Years ago, I spent a week in San Sebastian to attend a Spanish language immersion class.