Our Story
Travel transforms us, makes us multifaceted human beings, and ultimately takes us outside of ourselves to better understand the world. Understanding the unique gastronomy of the country we visit, with all of its complex traditions, is a layer of awareness that takes us above and beyond our ordinary observations.
The idea of culinary travel percolated in my head for as many as 15 years. The two countries in mind were those two near and dear to my heart: Italy and Mexico. Italy is my 'adopted' country, having lived there with my Italian husband. Mexico is the country of my forefathers, my upbringing was steeped in its rituals and traditons. More importantly, it should be noted that these two countries are among those that have the most complex and varied regional cuisines in the world. And even though examples of the cuisine of Italy and Mexico can be found in the oddest and most remote corners of the world, it puzzled me that there is little understanding of what they are about, even among those who have taken expensive cooking classes and traveled extensively.
To me the missing link was culture, the culture that surrounds the food that people prepare for themselves, that is, the traditions that they follow as they prepare and serve it.
What better way to understand a country and its people than through its gastronomic traditions? A cuisine does not exist in a vacuum. Every mouthful of a dish is steeped in the history of its people.
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