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Top Spots for Food and Wine Lovers
 
Half the joy of traveling lies in sampling a destination's signature flavors. From Frommer's 500 Places for Food & Wine Lovers, we've gathered this selection of culinary hot spots from around the globe -- not just the finest dining establishments but some of the best local markets, cooking schools for travelers, farm restaurants and seafood shacks, vineyards and distilleries, coffee plantations, and patisseries. This baker's dozen affords just a taste of what's in store. [Photo above] Patrons and staff at minibar, Washington, D.C. Photo ©Darko Zagar
Destinations
Paxton and Whitfield & Neal's Yard Dairy
Great Britain's great cheese-making tradition has bounced back from near-extinction -- and that renaissance has at least in part been spurred on by London's two finest cheese purveyors, Paxton & Whitfield and Neal's Yard Dairy.
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Slow Going at Locanda dell'Amorosa
Spend a few days at Italy's Locanda dell'Amorosa and you'll find the ideals of the Slow Food movement making more sense to you than ever.
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Ballymaloe Cookery School's Class
You could easily stop by on a day trip from Cork city to visit the fragrant rambling gardens, but how much better to stay for a spell, living in one of the 18th-century cottages while taking a cooking course?
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Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Culinary tourism has lately become the hottest sector of Thailand's tourism industry, and Sompon Nabnian's school is right at the forefront.
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Brewing Up at Abbaye de Notre Dame
The quintessential Belgian brews are the rich, complex ones made by Trappist monks at six monasteries: Orval, Rochefort, Sint-Benedictus, Westmalle, Westvleteren, and, the best-known of them all, the Abbaye de Notre Dame de Scourmont at Chimay.
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The Fat Duck's Food Geek
In only 5 years, Heston Blumenthal bagged three Michelin stars; in 2006, he briefly stole the crown of best restaurant in the world from Spanish cooking juggernaut Ferran Adrià.
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Minibar's Boy Wonder
There are two seatings at Minibar per night, so do the math -- only 60 people per week can have this insider experience, fewer than most restaurants serve in a single hour.
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Summer at Abbott's in the Rough
Few summer pleasures are more congenial than tucking into a lobster dinner on the outdoor deck at Abbott's as the waters of Fisher's Island Sound gently slap the pilings beneath you.
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Castello Banfi's Picturesque Winery
Castello Banfi appears on the horizon like a pink hilltop castle straight out of a fairy tale. But unlike many European winery castles, this place is no fortress when it comes to visitors.
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Chilean Express to Viu Manent
The steam-powered San Fernandez-Santa Cruz wine train travels into the heart of the Colchagua Valley, Chile's finest wine country, with the same mix of history and modernity that typifies the valley experience.
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Sipping Along the Malt Whisky Trail
Some people come to Scotland to play golf, others to explore castles or shop for nubby sweaters and thick tweed jackets. But then there are those who visit Scotland simply to indulge in the smooth, peaty taste of Scotch whisky.
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Paradisa Plantation Retreat
Set on the jungle-shrouded hillsides of a coffee and spice plantation in the Cardamom Hills of southwestern India, this peaceful lodge takes some travel to reach, but once you're there, you feel as if you're in another world.
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The Art of French Pastry
One true pleasure of a Paris vacation is finding your own divine patisserie, but there's no denying that two masters have set the bar in modern-day Paris; the ones who all others either emulate or defy.
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