Raise your hand if you think the best part of traveling is sampling the local food and drink? Sitting at an outdoor café, sipping on a glass of wine and snacking on some tapas, people watching. Doesn’t get much better than that. Yes, we all are missing travel this year and the excitement that comes along with exploring new foods and places. What gift do you get that special foodie who misses traveling? I have a few delicious ideas.
Gifts for foodies who miss traveling
When in Rome…
A few weeks ago our family participated in a Zoom Pasta making class together. This was no ordinary cooking class, it was live from Tuscany, Italy. We easily set up our family pasta making class via AirBnB Experiences. Ahead of time, we received our list of ingredients. We gathered remotely from 4 different locations which allowed 3 generations of our family “be together” while cooking.
Our hostess, Lucrecia, was delightful. We chatted about our shared love of Florence and all things Italian. She was so gracious about helping the grandparents to make sure they were following along with the recipe. At the end of our 90 minute class, we had a delicious bowl of Cavatelli pasta to enjoy with our Italian wine and family. Oh and did I mention, that a live Opera singer popped in to entertain us with her incredible voice?
If you are looking for a unique interactive gift for that foodie in your life, AirBnB Experiences offers fabulous classes showcasing foods from different cultures around the world. The chefs are local and live from the countries they hail from. This is what helps to make the cooking experiences genuine and have that local flair. From Pasta and Opera in Italy to Paella in Spain to pastries in France, there are classes to feed every appetite and travel memories.
Why not gift your favorite foodie a cooking experience to remember this year? Pair that with a fun apron, favorite bottle of wine, set of wine glasses or pasta bowls? You get the idea! Pick your theme and pair that with some fun accessories. Your foodies who love to travel will really appreciate the gift. Hopefully, they ask you to join in too!
Such a fun idea! With the COVID numbers rising, this seems like a perfect gift for what is sure to be lots of time at home this winter!
it was a fun family experience. Both my parents and my kids loved it
Such a fun idea!! I didn’t even know you could do this. One of the best parts of traveling is getting to try local food and drinks
I agree it’s my favorite part of travel!
Oh, yes! Absolutely one of the most fun things about traveling for my hubby and me is visiting new restaurants everywhere we go. I love the concept of the AirBnB experiences. Thanks for sharing this great idea.
Our whole family really loved it! I highly recommend
What a great idea! I am such a foodie!
We all loved it and it’s a great gift to do as a family
We did a group cooking class for one of the IL’s anniversaries. I love that it can be done online too! That’s a riot about the opera singer!
the opera singer was so cool and my parents loved her
I might want to do this for me! I was wondering about airbnb experiences. I miss traveling, eating, trying to try new restaurants locally to compensate!
I highly recommend so much fun
I love taking food tours. Have done quite a few in NYC.
Prefer eating to cooking but this does look like fun…my hubby would NEVER partake but maybe a friend.
so much fun!
This was so fun to read about, Deborah! Our future son-in-law enjoys cooking, so this might be a unique gift for him & our daughter.
yes definitely they would love it!
This is such a fun idea, I’ve never done anything similar so I’d love to
It was lots of fun!
I would never have thought of a gift like this! So thoughtful and unique! Definitely a good gift for any foodie!
Some very fun experiences out there to try
Ooo, this is such a cool idea! I haven’t tried any of the Airbnb experiences so far but it’d be fun to do sometime! I really miss traveling!
I do too! This was a really fun experience
oh this is such a wonderful idea. i love cooking its so fun and makes me super happy.
It was so much fun to do with our family
This has got to be the COOLEST idea! I want to try this for myself too! My besties are both such foodies and they would go crazy for something like this. And hands down – most unique gift too! THanks for the recommendation!
Fantastic hope you all can work it out to do together
What a unique, fun idea! Although sometimes in my house there are too many cooks in the kitchen. And that means two, LOL!
Ha oh I hear ya!
This family eats a TON of pasta and I’ve toyed with the idea of making it myself before. This sounds so fun!
So much fun check it out!
This is such a great idea! I’m going to share it with my parents and friends and see if it is something we can all do over the holidays (if we can coordinate schedules)!
You all will love it lots of family fun!
Great ideas. That zoom meeting to Italy was fantastic. Maybe perfect for a girls weekend.
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thanks for checking it out