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Architecture, beaches, adventure, relaxation — any of these can serve as the basis for booking a trip, but one thing each trip has in common is something we need and continue to learn about as we discover new corners of the world: food.

As an avid traveler and occasional amateur cook, I seek out adventures in travel and the meals that fill up each trip’s dance card and am often influenced by Food & Travel Blog . In doing so, I’ve found a lot about a population’s culture and way of life can be discovered by diving fork first into new experiences. Living in England, I realized breakfast was a big meal and lunch was often a lite snack and fresh fruit was never more prominent than in my trips to Brazil.

From Dublin to Des Moines, every destination has culinary strengths that highlight local flavors. Foods like moqueca, a fish stew full of fresh catches and local spices, is best experienced in its native Salvador, Brazil, while delicious pasta and wines go unmatched in top-rated restaurants in Rome.

Thanks to low airfare prices (Bargain Babe) travelers are lucky to find authentic food experiences globally, truly tasting the destinations’ local flavors. What’s more important is that anyone, whether they’ve traveled to every culinary corner of the world, can do their part to bring various cultures into their home by expanding their cooking repertoire. As marketers, it’s key to showcase the gastronomy of a destination as food is something we all have in common, we can experience as we trek around the world and each of us can bring those varied cultures to our own kitchen tables, if we’re brave enough to expand the grocery list.