Event Season: From Croatia and Norway to Italy and Czech Republic

It’s that time of the year when I start looking forward to possible destinations and cultural themes to explore in 2016. Autumn and winter is also the season when there are a lot more local media events for travel industry insiders, bloggers, and journalists with destination marketing organizations (DMOs) throwing mingles to explore their cultures through food, art, and other traditions…

In search of Bologna’s best gelato

Even though I spent a solid week immersed in Bologna’s culinary history – from trying my hand at making tortellini from scratch at a traditional cooking school to exploring the surrounding Emilia Romagna region’s gastronomy and its local food producers, coming up with a superlative list of the “best gelato shops in Bologna” all by myself seemed disingenuous to me…