Visit Wine Bars and Wineries Near Sedona, Arizona
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Visit Wine Bars and Wineries Near Sedona, Arizona

On a recent trip to Arizona, I was super excited to visit Sedona and the surrounding Verde Valley wine region. Having the same grape varieties grown in similar conditions to our excellent wine region in the Heart of Mexico, I really wanted to taste and compare the two different wine regions. What I found was…

Latin America’s Best Restaurants- Mexico Edition 2023
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Latin America’s Best Restaurants- Mexico Edition 2023

This post was first created based on the 100 Latin America’s Best Restaurant List from 2013-2020 that debuted in 2021.  It is updated every six months to reflect new rankings and restaurants based on the World’s Best Restaurants and Latin America’s Best Restaurants Lists. This post has been updated after the 2023 Best Latin America’s…

Wine Festival Guide of Central Mexico
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Wine Festival Guide of Central Mexico

Oenophiles don’t need a reason to drink wine, but a wine festival is the perfect excuse to drink LOTS of it! Most wine lovers will head to the big wine production areas like Napa-Sonoma and Bordeaux, but what if you could discover the next big wine region before everyone else? Welcome to the Central Mexico…

Nordic Fare at Geranium
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Nordic Fare at Geranium

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants List sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, has been enamored with Geranium for several years. In 2018, Geranium was listed as the 19th best restaurant in the world. One year later, this Copenhagen restaurant was listed as #5. Restaurants around the world, including the worlds best restaurants, took a hit…

Beautiful San Sebastian
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Beautiful San Sebastian

Officially known as Donostia, San Sebastian is the capital of the Basque province Gipuzkoa in Northern Spain and is the quintessential European city. Located just 30 minutes from the French border, San Sebastian has been a coastal retreat for Renaissance royalty, modern-day celebrities, and gastronomical innovation. It’s one of the top foodie destinations in the…

Food Tour Through Historic Georgetown, Penang
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Food Tour Through Historic Georgetown, Penang

A fusion of different cultures, the city of Georgetown on the island of Penang is one of the best foodie destinations in the world. Georgetown has been a major port in Southeast Asia for hundreds of years trading goods and spices throughout southeast Asia and the main Asian continent. Descendants of China, Malaysia, India and…

The Best Chocolate In Under The Radar Places
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The Best Chocolate In Under The Radar Places

What started out as a travel memoir of the best chocolate from our recent European trip, quickly became a list of delicious chocolate concoctions from our travels around the world over the past decade. First created in the Mesoamerican landscape of Mexico and Central America, the “Drink of the Gods” morphed from a bitter drink…

Hisa Franko in Residence Pop Up Dinner in Madrid
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Hisa Franko in Residence Pop Up Dinner in Madrid

We were thrilled to receive a notification from the Worlds Fifty Best Restaurants during our month long European vacation that Ana Ros was bringing her world renowned restaurant, Hisa Franko, to Madrid for a residency at the NH Hotel while we would be visiting. Within moments we had reservations on what would be the last…

What to Eat in Puebla (and the Restaurants to Try Them)
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What to Eat in Puebla (and the Restaurants to Try Them)

Puebla is known as one of the gastronomic regions in Mexico, and is recognized under the UNESCO category of Intangible Heritage.  The people of Puebla have been practicing their traditions for thousands of years, well before the Spanish arrived and even before the tribes of the continent were recording their history. Traditions of planting, rotating…

World-Class Restaurants And More In The Upscale District of San Isidro, Lima
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World-Class Restaurants And More In The Upscale District of San Isidro, Lima

11 million people living within 23 districts of the dynamic city of Lima. These districts are more like individual cities rather than neighborhoods. The upscale San Isidro District, known as the financial center of Lima, is home to 21 bank headquarters and 38 embassies and consulates. Most people stay in the Miraflores District for its…

Maido
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Maido

Rated as the  #1 restaurant on Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants for the third year in a row, and in the top 10 of the Worlds Best Restaurants, Maido is an exploration of two dominate cultures blending into its own. Maido, which means “welcome” in Japanese, is the manifestation of Chef Mitsuharu ‘Micha’ Tsumura, a Nikkei…

Exploring the Bohemian Barranco District of Lima
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Exploring the Bohemian Barranco District of Lima

The Barranco District in Lima is eclectic and even a bit crunchy. Artists and writers are drawn to Barranco for its bohemian style compared to the evergrowing modernity of Lima. Houses still retain their charm, people stop to linger and the hurried life of the outside world is forgotten. While many of the other districts…