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January 16, 2010
Travel tips from: Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe
Museum of Bread Culture, Ulm, Germany
Covering bread's 6,000-year-old impact on human history, this
museum features no actual bread, but rather the tools used to
make it. It includes a gallery of bread artworks by Picasso and others,
and has exhibits celebrating bread's religious significance.
planning Open daily, the museum is in the 16th-century Salzstadel in
Ulm's old city. A local specialty is Ulmer zuckerbrot (sugar bread).
www.museum-brotkultur.de
Blue Ridge, Virginia
Tucked away in Virginia's vineyard-dotted farmland awaits a land of gastronomic pleasure. after a gourmet breakfast, head out to the region's wineries, and return to a sumptuous dinner in the evening. some tours include an evening at the Inn at Little washington, which invented such signature dishes as veal shenandoah and timbale of Maryland crabmeat. planning Base yourself at the Foster Harris House B&B. www.tourdepicure.com, www.virginia.org, www.fosterharris.com
Salta Province, Argentina
Beginning in colonial salta, visit ancient cachi, remote Estancia colome—featuring a private tasting of its high-altitude wines— and picturesque cafayate, the hub of salta's wine-making business. gaucho barbecues and a regional cuisine of corn-based Locro stew, tamales, and lots of desserts, are complemented by the Malbecs and Torrontés of the province's vineyards. planning The route involves some hard cycling at high altitudes. www.backroads.com, www.argentina.ar, www.turismosalta.gov.ar
Ben & Jerry's, Waterbury, Vermont
Watch as giant machines mix and stir the basic ingredients, add
chunks and swirls of fruit, caramel, or nuts, and fill the 1-pint
containers with finished ice cream, which heads for the spiral
hardener and the final freezing. Then taste-test the flavors of the
day. Before leaving, you can wander the flavor graveyard, where
a selection of the less successful flavors are memorialized.
planning The factory is open daily except major holidays. The tour lasts
30 minutes, with free samples at the end. The site also includes a picnic
area and shop.
www.benjerry.com
Ghantewala Halwai, Delhi, India
Since 1790, seven generations of the jain family have dispensed
seasonally inspired candies to emperors, presidents, prime ministers,
and lesser mortals in the frantic chandni chowk district. India's
oldest halwai (traditional candy store) enjoys renown for its sohan
halwa, made from dried fruits, sprouts, and sugar.
Ghantewala is open 8 a.m.—9 p.m. It is located near the
Gurdwara Sisganj Sahib, the shrine built in memory of the Sikh martyr,
Guru Tegh Bahadur. www.ghantewala.com
Excerpted from Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe Copyright © 2009 by National Geographic. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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