Who is a Culinary Traveler

Welcome to my new blog. This is new territory for me, but I’m keen to jump into the world of blogging, so here goes nothing.....!

Who is a Culinary Traveler?
There are many interpretations to what defines a culinary traveler. From gourmets and sommeliers to local comfort food and pub crawls, enjoying food and drink while on vacation helps visitors understand the destination they are visiting.

I guess I fall somewhere in between. I enjoy artistically presented food, yet give me some fajitas and a Margarita in a Mexican village, and I’m pretty happy, too. Not to mention plastic bibs with a one pound lobster in Maine or beer battered halibut and chips served in a plastic basket in Alaska, I still consider myself a culinary traveler.

I just returned from a month long cruise in South America....oh so many foodie stories to share. I’ll stick to basics here, and more detail will be covered in later posts. First, there’s the wine. I can’t decide if I liked the Chilean wine or the Argentinean wine better, either way, both were super inexpensive. I’m talking only $5 to $10 for a bottle of vino tinto (red wine). I’m hardly a sommelier, but I can assure it was tasty, similiar to bottles back home costing between $20 and $30.

Another highlight of South America was a steak dinner in Buenos Aires (Argentina is known for their beef). The Sheraton's El Aljibe was on the expensive side, but worth it. Nothing beats a perfectly cooked steak cut from the freshest quality beef. And the hot white cloth offered at the beginning of my dinner was a nice touch, too. Who knew that Argentina was so hygienic!