Posted by: celebrationsint on: March 11, 2010
Many thanks to Joy at Gourmeted.com for her blog post yesterday profiling Celebrations International Travel as a sponsor and highlighting our Culinary Tours. I had the pleasure of speaking with Joy recently after a couple of months of e-mailing. Not surprisingly, we share a common love of great food and world travel. Joy enlightened me [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: March 5, 2010
Gourmeted.com‘s featured Lasagne of Emilia-Romagna looks like it’s ready for the best Italian grandma’s Sunday dinner table! Not only does this look delicious, but Joy from Gourmeted.com includes the recipe with instructions, including many pictures of her first attempt at lasagna-making. What a wonderful first lasagna! I know there are many wonderful cooks and culinary [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: March 5, 2010
We are pleased to announce that Celebrations International Travel is a new sponsor featured on Gourmeted.com. Working in conjuction with Gourmeted.com‘s site owner Joy Jose, we look forward to a tasty and adventuresome exchange of ideas and experiences! We have invited Joy to share some of her culinary knowledge and talent with us as a [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: March 1, 2010
Check out this divine tiramisu made by Joy of Gourmeted.com. Looks just as good as restaurant-quality, but it’s homemade! Read more about Joy and her love of cooking, and follow her on Twitter @Gourmeted. Click on the photo above to view Joy’s recipe. If you love Italian food and want to enjoy an authentic Italian [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: February 15, 2010
We would like to thank our friends and colleagues at www.GotSaga.com for featuring my article on Guilin and the Lijiang River. What a befitting destination to feature in light of the Chinese New Year celebration currently going on! Celebrations International Travel’s agents can help you plan a tour to China that best suits your travel [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: February 9, 2010
Two separate conversations I had yesterday with professionals in the world of foodie Web sites left me bewildered, and inspired me to write this entry. I’m still not sure what to think of these interactions, and would be interested to see if readers out there have any thoughts to share on the subject. Call #1: [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: February 5, 2010
I think there’s a commonly-held misconception that anything “custom” or “customized” must be expensive. Well, I’m here to dispel that myth, at least where escorted tours are concerned. In my post entitled “Escorted Tours My Way: No Whirlwind Bus Rides!” I talked about the fact that with many traditional group tours, the travelers’ experience can [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: February 3, 2010
If you’ve ever been on a standard (non-custom) escorted tour like I have, what do you remember? In my case, what I remember is a bus (motorcoach) full of people, a tour director, and a driver. (To read more about this, see my earlier post, “Escorted Tours My Way: No Whirlwind Bus Rides!”.) What I [...]
Posted by: celebrationsint on: January 29, 2010
This entry was inspired by a conversation I had recently. A caller tells me she wants to book a tour for a group of professional chefs. “They don’t want to cook,” she insists. “They just want to eat, drink, and be merry.” Don’t get me wrong, I of all people am all for eating, drinking, [...]