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Step 1
Select a destination for your guided food-tasting tour by deciding what kinds of foods you're interested in trying. Plan a trip to Northern Italy if you're interested in Tuscan cuisine, try traveling to Munich for Bavarian cuisine, or vacation in the Xiangjiang, Dongting Lake and Xiangxi regions of China if you want to sample Hunan cuisine. Take a trip to a major metropolitan city like New York or San Francisco to expose yourself to a wide variety of different ethnic cuisines.
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Step 2
Sign up for a food-tasting tour of one the major U.S. cities through Zerve.com (see Resources below). They offer walking food tours of New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Fransisco and New Orleans.
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Step 3
Ask plenty of questions of your tour guide. In addition to tasting the different foods, take advantage of the opportunity to learn how these dishes are prepared. Many popular guided tours will allow you to go behind the scenes in restaurants to see how the chefs work their magic.
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Step 4
Get educated and satisfy your hunger for gourmet cuisine by signing up for a cooking vacation through the Real Adventures website (see Resources below). You can travel to Normandy and learn the art of French country cooking or spend some time in Istanbul and learn to make authentic Turkish and Ottoman dishes.
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Step 5
Pay all fees in advance or offer a deposit to hold your place in a guided food-tasting tour. Take advantage of any discounted group rates that may be available by convincing a group of friends to join you.
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Step 6
Schedule a guided food-tasting tour far in advance. Spaces on these tours are limited and can fill quickly during popular tourist months.
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Step 1
Select a destination for your food-tasting tour. Tour the restaurants and eateries in your hometown or plan a trip to a city with a rich culinary history. For instance, you could travel to New Orleans to experience the wide variety of Southern and Cajun foods common to this locale.
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Step 2
Plan your travel between eateries. Instead of driving from eatery to eatery, consider planning a food-tasting tour within a specified neighborhood. By walking between locations, you'll be able to appreciate the cultural differences of a neighborhood while burning off the extra calories you'll consume throughout the day. It's also the safer way to go if you plan on sampling several alcoholic beverages along with your food.
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Step 3
Anchor your day around meals. Plan ahead and decide where you'll be eating for breakfast and dinner. Skip lunch, and instead look for a variety of places to snack throughout the day.
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Step 4
Visit restaurants just for dessert. Rather than having all of your courses at the same restaurant, consider dividing them between several different places. This will give you more opportunities to taste different dishes.
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dublechocs said
on 3/18/2008 Seattle is also a great food tour city. Through Savor Seattle Food Tours (www.SavorSeattleTours.com), you can eat your way through Pike Place Market!