Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders

Food, Wine & Culinary Travel

Explore podcast episodes about culinary travel, food culture, and wine experiences around the world. Hear how local cuisine connects to history, identity, and cross-cultural travel in different global destinations.

Culinary travel is one of the most powerful ways to experience culture and connect with people around the world. In this collection of conversations, guests explore regional food traditions, and the stories behind the world’s most memorable meals. From street food markets to fine dining, from local wine regions to whiskey bars, these episodes reveal how cuisine connects travelers to culture, history, and community. These travel stories highlight how food and drink can deepen cross-cultural understanding and create meaningful connections while exploring the world.

340: Connecting with Culture and Place Through Food, Diversifying the Face of Travel, and Personal Finance Tips with Elsie Paulino

In part 2 of this interview Elsie Paulino starts off describing what she loves about Puerto Escondido and Guanajuato, Mexico, before giving tips on what to eat in New York City. She then talks about her journey becoming a travel creator, including the Nomadness-Interpid mentorship program and how her personal brand has taken shape. Elsie…

293: Writing at the Intersection of Travel, Food and Black Liberation with Briona Lamback

Learn tips for decolonizing your travel writing and interweaving themes of Black liberation into food and travel content. In part 2 of this interview, Matt and Briona continue their conversation over a bottle of wine and Briona begins by reflecting on her passion for writing. She then explains why she interweaves her culinary writing with…

176: Fine Dining in the Basque Country, Wine Tasting in Rioja, and Founding Selva Vida Lodge & Retreat Center in the Amazon with Dr. Kristina Liu

Kristina Liu shares her journey growing up on 3 continents, working her way up in the corporate world, and then deciding to leave her job to travel the world and build a location-independent coaching business. She also shares her journey in learning to appreciate wine. Matt and Kristina reminisce about their experience traveling together in…

169: Traveling the World for Whisky, Growing up in Queens, and Reflecting on Genocide with Martine Volmar

In this episode, Martine conducts a whisky tasting for Matt in her apartment in Queens, NY, over a wide ranging discussion about books, art, immigrant identity, world travel, food, whisky, gender, race, and genocide. Martine takes us on her journey growing up in Queens, NY in a Haitian immigrant family, being exposed to the cultures…

118: Experiencing The World Through Food and the Keys to Effective Influencer Marketing with Tinger Hseih

In this episode, Tinger Hseih takes us on her journey being born in Taiwan, immigrating to the US and growing up in California and becoming a food and travel influencer. She takes us on her career trajectory through the corporate world of digital advertising, marketing and reflects on her biggest takeaways that she would later…

99: Hip Hop Wine Parties and Black Luxury Travel to Epic Global Destinations with Claire Soares

Claire Soares shares her journey growing up in Virginia, working at a Fortune 500 Company, learning about food and wine on her business trips, and then identifying the underserved market for Black luxury travel. She shares her process of founding her company as a side hustle and then leaving her corporate job to build “Up…

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