Foodie Travel

A Quest to Find the Best Gelato in Italy

A Quest to Find the Best Gelato in Italy

When you plan your Trip to Italy as part of a Europe Travel Itinerary, include time to eat lost of gelato! Here are some of our favorite Gelato Shops in Italy and our quest to find the best. Include some of these on your Italy Travel Itinerary!

Let’s Spritz It Up with Simple Summer Italian Cocktails

Let’s Spritz It Up with Simple Summer Italian Cocktails

While you are Planning a Trip to Italy or dreaming about Travel to Europe, enjoy our favorite summer cocktail, a Campari Spritz

Eating In, On the Road

Eating In, On the Road

When we create a Custom Travel Itinerary to Europe, we sometimes include nights when our clients, or we, can cook on our own. Recreating local dishes in France, Italy, Ireland and the UK makes us feel even closer to the culture. Check out our experience cooking in an AirBnB on an Italy Travel Itinerary we enjoyed before a small group trip to Tuscany.

Cacio e Pepe: A Simple Roman Pasta Dish that Delights

Cacio e Pepe: A Simple Roman Pasta Dish that Delights

When planning a Trip to Italy, It’s fun to prepare by trying new recipes. Then during your Italy Travel Itinerary you can include places that make the same dish and compare! Enjoy the Euro Travel Coach recipe for Casio e Pepe. It’s a great Roman pasta dish that is sure to whet your appetite for travel to Italy.

Focaccia: An Easy Recipe to Transport You

Focaccia: An Easy Recipe to Transport You

This easy Focaccia recipe can help you remember or look forward to Traveling in Italy! Planning an amazing Trip to Italy includes anticipating incredible Italian food experiences. Making this Focaccia recipe will transport you to Italy until your adventure begins, or remind you of an amazing prior trip!

Bagna Càuda: A Delicious Dip from Piedmont

Bagna Càuda: A Delicious Dip from Piedmont

When you are Planning a Wine Trip to Italy, you may consider visiting Barolo. While you are preparing for your trip, try Chelsea’s recipe for delicious Bagna Cauda (hot bath). It is a specialty in Piedmont.

Guinness and Beef Stew is an Irish Tradition

Guinness and Beef Stew is an Irish Tradition

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or any day of the week with this Euro Travel Coach recipe for traditional Irish Guinness and Beef Stew. The taste will make you feel like you are in a Dublin pub with a fireplace in the corner.

Financiers: A Temporary Cure for the February Blues

Financiers: A Temporary Cure for the February Blues

Easy to make and so good to eat this delicious recipe for these French pastries will transport you overseas and help you beat the February blues. Until you can make Travel Plans to France, try these!

Satisfying Cravings for European Pastries while in Quarantine

Satisfying Cravings for European Pastries while in Quarantine

Like a lot of you we have been cooking and baking quite a bit during the quarantine. For some fresh ideas on European pastries and breads check out Chelsea’s latest blog.

Sticky Toffee Pudding: An Indulgent British Dessert

Sticky Toffee Pudding: An Indulgent British Dessert

Sticky Toffee Pudding is a popular dessert in the UK. It is almost surprising you don’t see it on more menus in the US. Now you can make it at home by following this easy recipe.

Isolation: A Perfect Cocktail for Quarantine

Isolation: A Perfect Cocktail for Quarantine

What are you doing in quarantine? I created a new cocktail recipe! Check it out here.

Mediterranean Fish with Roasted Tomatoes: An Easy Recipe from Cote d'Azur

Mediterranean Fish with Roasted Tomatoes: An Easy Recipe from Cote d'Azur

Follow this easy recipe for Mediterranean Fish with Roasted Tomatoes and be transported to sunny Cote d’Azur

Tarte Flambée: A Delicious Flatbread from Alsace

Tarte Flambée: A Delicious Flatbread from Alsace

Learn how to make this delicious flatbread from Alsace, France. Then open a bottle of Alsatian Riesling and imagine you’re in a café in this fairytale region of France.

Eggplant Caponata: Sweet and Sour Sicilian Stewed Vegetables

Eggplant Caponata: Sweet and Sour Sicilian Stewed Vegetables

Enjoy this great recipe for Caponata until you can plan a trip to Sicily yourself! Caponata is an extremely versatile Sicilian dish made with fresh eggplant, tomatoes and other vegetables.

Venetian Vongole e Cozze - Seafood from Italy

Venetian Vongole e Cozze - Seafood from Italy

The seafood in Venice is amazing! Enjoy our recipe for Venetian Vongole e Cozze - Clams and Mussels!

Favorite Restaurants in the Barolo Region

Favorite Restaurants in the Barolo Region

Read our favorite picks for restaurants and wine in the Barolo region.

Enjoy our Tuscany wine and food tours in May!

Enjoy our Tuscany wine and food tours in May!

We are offering our popular Small Group Tour of Tuscany again this May, 2019. We hope you can join us for a week of amazing Italian food, wine and culture.

Sicily Food & Wine Tour, Part II

Sicily Food & Wine Tour, Part II

In creating your Custom Italy Tour, you may want to plan to visit beautiful Sicily. This is our second installment of our food and wine tour of Sicily. Join us as we discover the best pistachio gelato, pastries, arancini, and cannoli.

Our Food & Wine Tour in Sicily

Our Food & Wine Tour in Sicily

Sicily is an amazing part of Italy to include in your Italy Trip Planning. Follow The Euro Travel Coach team to Sicily on a trip to research a future tour. We climbed Etna, walked beaches and sampled amazing food and wine.