Real Happenings
Events & Festivals • Tours & Classes
Here at realfoodtraveler, we're always eager to learn more about authentic regional foods and cultural traditions.
We love to take culinary tours, cooking classes, and attend a culinary events. And we really enjoy all the food festivals that shine a spotlight on regional foods, traditions, art, and music.
If you know of a happening we should check out, please email us.
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Learning to Cook in Vietnam
Sandra and John Scott learned Vietnamese dishes may be delicious, but cooking techniques aren’t so easy.
Kirkland Concours d’Elegance: Wine and Classic Car Extravaganza
Nothing comes close to the perfect pairing of wineries and classic vintage automobiles you’ll find at the Kirkland Concours d’Elegance.
Exploring Boston’s Mysterious Chinatown
Boston is a city of neighborhoods and none is more vibrant and colorful than Chinatown. Step through the red and gold Chinatown gate at Beach and Hudson Streets and you’re transported into, what is for many of us, a secret and mysterious world.
Heathman Restaurant Celebrates Farm-to-Table
In a celebration of summer and the people who bring us products from farms and vineyards, chefs Philippe Boulot, Michael Stanton, Brian Scheehser, and John Gayer teamed up to shop a local farmers’ market in the morning and create a five-course meal from their finds in the evening.
Mauna Kea: To the Top of the Hawaiian World
We pull into the headquarters of Hawaii Forest and Trail (HFT) with a few minutes to spare and sign on the dotted line that we accept the risks of our upcoming nine-hour star adventure to the top of Mauna Kea on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Hawaii: Learning to Appreciate Underwater Wonders
Okay, I admit it, I’m not particularly comfortable in the ocean. I’m not a great swimmer, salt water burns my eyes, and, hey, I don’t really know what’s UNDER THERE.
Glacier National Park, Montana: Jammin’ the Sun
At 1.6 billion years old, they’re oldest things in Montana’s Glacier National Park. The swirls in the rock, fossilized blue green algae called straromatalites, look like something out of Picasso’s “Starry Night.”
Kona Coffee Festival: Great Coffee, Good Fun
The Kona Coffee Festival is 10-days of events that celebrate not only Kona coffee, but the people and culture that make this one of the finest coffees in the world.
Plano Balloon Festival: Floating on a Cloud
It’s barely 6 a.m. and the sky is just dawning pink when we jump into the vans and head for Oak Point Park, the launch center for the annual Plano, Texas Balloon Festival.
San Antonio Wine & Food Festival
I’m in the land of the Spurs, roses, cattle, the River Walk and Alamo. But I don’t remember the Alamo.
Exploring Barcelona by GoCar — it’s fun!
Want to experience some of the great cities of the world like a local? You might want to try GoCar, gps-guided mini scooter-cars that put you onto the streets of cities like Barcelona, San Francisco, San Diego, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, and Miami.
Moroccan Cuisine: A feast for the senses
“Moroccans have no money, but are millionaires of time!” boomed Mustafa, our market tour guide. “We love to talk, drink tea, joke, and, most of all, eat!” He laughed heartily, slapping his over-sized belly and doubling over at his own joke. So began our cooking day experience with Souk Cuisine in Marrakech, Morocco.
