Food & Wine

9 Tips for Eating Alone – From a Seasoned Solo Diner

December 12, 2015 32 Alli Blair

Whether you’re traveling solo and want to explore the local food scene but are too nervous to do it alone, or you’re simply looking to enjoy the occasional dinner out in your own city when friends and…

6 Steps To Taste Wine Like A Pro & Develop Your Palate

March 31, 2015 34 Alli Blair

Did you know that by following a series of steps before and during your wine tasting your overall experience will be greatly enhanced? By using a wide array of your senses, the smell and flavours…

Winter Wine Country Tour & Tasting in Niagara-on-the-Lake

March 28, 2015 34 Alli Blair

Come along with me for an exclusive Wine Country Tour, giving you access to Niagara’s best wine experiences! Tour and taste through beautiful wine country at four of the region’s most unique wine destinations: Thirty Bench…

Phenomenal Foodie Adventure in Phnom Penh

April 8, 2014 38 Alli Blair

If it weren’t for this incredible food adventure on my last morning in Phnom Penh, I couldn’t have said there was anything I particularly enjoyed during my time in the city. The night prior was…

Drinking Mekong Moonshine aka Laos Snake Whiskey

March 19, 2014 46 Alli Blair

The first thing we did once arriving in Luang Prabang was rent some bikes and head on over to visit the Snake Whiskey man of Laos. He makes some MEAN Mekong moonshine. Very mean, very…

A Thai Cooking Class in Chiang Mai

March 6, 2014 52 Alli Blair

We headed to a Thai cooking class for the evening in an outdoor jungle estate to learn how to cook some traditional Thai meals. First, our chef Perm took us to the markets of Chiang…

The Feasting & Drinking of 6 Continents

July 30, 2013 26 Alli Blair

Introducing you to the diverse cuisines unique to the 6 continents I’ve set foot on. I have personally devoured all of these specialties, enjoying them all greatly . . . except for one. I will…

Picton & Marlborough Region: Wine Sampling in the Rain

May 7, 2013 36 Alli Blair

Traveling Northbound, I reached the Marlborough region and went for some wine tasting at Hunter’s Vineyard. At this time of year in autumn the vineyard is so colourful with its spectacular lush fall foliage! (which…

Escargot & Wine Tasting in Bordeaux

March 5, 2013 8 Alli Blair

Never again will I veer away from escargot when I see it listed on a restaurant menu! What do I envision when I think of snails: groups of them hiding underneath a rock of course,…

Wine Tasting in Niagara-on-the-Lake

January 28, 2013 13 Alli Blair

From the smelling, the swirling, and the tasting, all of you who enjoy the experience of wine will be amazed by Niagara-on-the-Lake. A spectacular oasis for wine lovers, it is an absolutely beautiful town filled…

The Un-Glorified Rewards of Travel

January 15, 2013 27 Alli Blair

While we all daydream endlessly at work about our next journey, i.e. sampling French pastries in Paris, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, cuddling up cozy in a chalet within the Swiss Alps, we fail to remember…