In the Istrian corner of Croatia — primo truffle country — and attending a truffle hunt with cute dogs and then eating a truffle feast is an unforgettable foodie experience.BUZET, Croatia – “Piiiiiicooooo! Meeeeeel!” calls Mirko Prodan, over and over, drawing out the vowels in a rich baritone.He is summoning a pair of highly trained 15-pound terriers. The size of Upper East Side lapdogs, Pico and Mel are truffle hunters —

If you havent eaten lobster in Nova Scotia, can you say youve really eaten lobster? Fathom contributor and cook Tess Falotico hopped on board a fishing boat on the icy Atlantic to find out. NOVA SCOTIA - It’s a bone-chilling February morning off Canada’s Atlantic Coast. We’re on a seventeen-foot fishing boat. Bearded, rosy-cheeked fishermen in coveralls and gloves haul traps aboard. They joke with one another as the civilians snap photos.I,

For photographer and food obsessive Anna Petrow, the best part of a trip to Mexico City came from a word-of-mouth recommendation for a market excursion and cooking class.MEXICO CITY — Want a super fun, local experience when youre in Mexico City? How about learning to shop like a local at the market, then cooking a big meal with chefs Beto Estúa and Jorge Fitz of Casa Jacaranda, who lead market tours and cooking classes for c

Rev your engines and prime your passports. Fathom wrote a book.Travel Anywhere (and Avoid Being a Tourist) is 200 beautiful pages of our favorite travel recommendations, suggestions, anecdotes, and photos — plus our best tips for how to be a better traveler. Its basically the collective Fathom brain on paper.This excerpt, Bites Worth the Distance, is featured in The Worlds Best Escapes for Foodies chapter, which includes Our Favorite

Today is a great day for debut book releases! In addition to our own Travel Anywhere (And Avoid Being a Tourist) , today sees the launch of Well + Good: 100 Healthy Recipes + Expert Advice for Better Living by our friends Melisse Gelula and Alexia Brue, entrepreneurs and co-founders of the essential health and wellness site Well + Good. The book is a collection recipes written by industry experts, and we especially loved this travel-friendl

Block out out a few hours to explore Sydneys hippest suburb with this hit list from the founder of minimalist ceramics line Mud Australia.MARRICKVILLE, Australia - My relationship with Marrickville began almost 20 years ago when I was living in Bondi Beach and needed a bigger studio. In those days, it was difficult to get a good coffee in Marrickville, but now there’s an entire food and culture revolution with everything from gin distilleri

Punta Mita may impress with its pristine coastline and ritzy resorts, but fresh, vibrant seafood is the real star of the show.PUNTA MITA, Mexico – It’s almost impossible to talk about Mexico without making mention of its diverse and vibrant food scene. Street food standbys like tacos al pastor, chilaquiles, and savory-sweet moles usually steal the spotlight. But on a recent trip to Punta Mita on the country’s west coast, I experienced seafo

Foodies, take note! This up-and-coming culinary destination should be on your radar.THE ALPS, Switzerland - Apart from the haute-cuisine playground that is Zurich, we tend to think of Switzerlands culinary scene as heavy mountain fare: cozy, belly-filling meat and potatoes, and of course, fondue. But a new wave of chefs sprinkled across the Alps are tossing that tradition out the window in favor of inventive, worldly dishes — and the

Have an appetite for rollicking green hills, covetable cottages, tidy tweeds, and single malts? Natty Fathom contributor Darrell Hartman has his fill on a five-day drive through Northern Scotland.SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS – I loathe golf. I can live without tartan. Still, I love things Scottish. The gamekeeper look (Shetland sweaters, tattersall shirts, piles of Harris tweed) is a personal favorite, and if Heaven doesn’t have single malt and salmo

Fathom contributor, photographer, and Midwestern explorer Anna Petrow unearths little gems along Lake Michigan.MICHIGAN - The beauty of Michigan manifests in many ways: cool weather, a slow pace of life, calming lake views. But as a traveler who can’t sit still for long, my favorite thing about taking a sleepy vacation to the state was traveling to various little towns. One after another, darling townships like Saugatuck, Douglas, and Holla

Silverseas  new S.A.L.T. program will deliver immersive culinary experiences on and off its cruise ship around the world. Tess Falotico, a writer and recent culinary school graduate, heads to Southeast Asia for a taste.SOUTH SEAS — This is the luxury cruise experience: I board the ship in Bali after traveling for 30 hours from New York City (eight hours to Milan, six hours to Dubai, nine hours to Bali, seven scattered hours in la

Contributing editor Becky Cheang just got back from drinking her body weight in bier (and other select libations) in Münich. In between nursing beers and/or a massive hangover, she kept notes on her favorite bars and local breweries in the Bavarian capital.MÜNICH — Once upon a time, the Bavarian capital was filled with monks (München translates to Monk Town). During the Lenten period — when the monks were fasting — a few i

In Chicago, photographer Anna Petrow goes on the hunt for her favorite subject matter: fine food and drinks.CHICAGO - Heading to the city but looking to take it easy? Heres an idea: Spend the whole weekend in the Logan Square neighborhood. A staycation-vacation, if you will. On Chicagos Northwest side, artisanal cocktail lounges meet cheap eats, breweries, and quaint coffee shops. Wide bike lanes and leafy streets make biking around (to bur

Harmon Guest HouseHealdsburg, CaliforniaModern, $$ ($229)Japanese design meets Scandinavian sensibility at Harmon Guest House, the third act in a Sonoma County hotel story that includes Hotel Healdsburg and h2Hotel. Just off the historic downtown plaza in Healdsburg, the LEED Gold-certified, 39-room hotel invites the outdoors inside via large windows, sunlit stairwells, reclaimed redwood sun-shading features, and a check-in desk made from a

A Way to Go - Episode 9: Tasting Malaysian Culture on Your Tongue, with Auria AbrahamHomesickness can be a potent instigator. For  Auria Abraham, a.k.a. “The Sambal Lady,” founder of Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen, a longing for authentic Malaysian home cooking led her on a path to running a popular supper club and food business in Brooklyn. She recounts taking a group of Americans on a very personal food tour of her home country. Have a li

MENTON, France – When you’re invited to dinner at the world’s best restaurant, you show up with certain expectations. (And when American Express Travel is the one inviting you, these expectations are quite high.) Some of them are rooted in reality: Namely, that the food will be artfully prepared, with no fewer than fifteen courses, and that the wine pairing will be better than all the ones that came before it. Others a little outdated:

More than just a treasure trove of vineyards, farm-to-table cuisine, and natural splendor, Sonoma County is a leader in the sustainable wine movement. Local winemaker Ashley Herzberg of Amista Vineyards gave us a tour of the areas best food, wine, and sites.SONOMA COUNTY, — Its 8 a.m. on a quiet foggy morning when I arrive at Amista Vineyards. The property is nestled on twenty acres in Sonoma Countys Dry Creek Valley and is cradled by

Were baking our way around the world, stopping at dreamy Uxua Casa Hotel and Spa in beautiful Bahia, Brazil, for their recipe for pão de queijo. Because the only thing more comforting than bread is bread with cheese.PÃO DE QUEIJO from UXUAINGREDIENTS4 c. polvilho (tapioca flour)2 c. whole milk1 c. sunflower oil2 c. grated meia cura cheese (Meia cura is a hard cheese from Minas Gerais, Brazil. You can substitute a hard mild cheese, like parm

Were baking our way around the world, stopping at Element 47 restaurant at The Little Nell for their Parker House rolls. The restaurant is named for silver, the 47th element on the periodic table and the discovery that helped put Aspen on the map in the first place.PARKER HOUSE ROLLSINGREDIENTS1 1/2 Tbsp. dry yeast6 Tbsp. granulated sugar4 oz.  warm water6 oz. unsalted melted butter1 pt. whole milk, warm5 3/4 c. high-gluten f

If the internet is to be trusted, homemade banana bread has become the unofficial comfort food of coronavirus. As we take a spin around the world, one baked good at a time, we got a recipe for banana loaf (as they call it) from pastry chef Arno Ralph at One&Only Cape Town, South Africa.BANANA LOAFINGREDIENTS120 grams melted butter200 g. sugar2 eggs240 g. ripe bananas, puréed 200 g. flour4 g. salt4 g. baking soda100 g. chopped peca