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There isn't a town anywhere in this country that we couldn't plunder for countless culinary experiences, but a few gastronomic
hotspots have emerged as favorites with our tourgoers. We've assembled a short repertoire of itineraries that we'd love to share
with your group. To learn more about any of the tours listed here, please contact us at
info@tabletours.org.
Read a sample itinerary: click here to download the pdf.
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- Appalachian Mountains
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The distance from the field to the table remains short in western North Carolina,
where a new generation of farmers is keeping
the region stocked with mountain trout, ramps and greasy beans. Tourgoers will become acquainted with traditional mountain
dishes, music and dance.
- Cajun Country
- Put on your dancing shoes for this tour, on which we'll learn the Cajun two-step between crayfish tutorials, a guided tour of the state's boudin belt and a behind-the-scenes peek at the McIlhenny factory.
- Chesapeake Bay
- Virginia's unspoiled eastern shore will serve as the backdrop for this seafood-focused tour, on which we'll dig for clams, collect oysters and master the preparation of softshell crabs.
- Coastal Oregon
- For thousands of years, the folks along Oregon's coast have supped on salmon, sturgeon, crab and oysters. We'll follow in their footsteps as we romp from hatcheries to canneries, tasting the finest in latter-day Pacific seafood and washing it down with the state's world-renowned wines.
- Detroit
This tour focuses on the distinct culinary tradition that sprung up alongside America's auto industry, shaped by generations of
workers drawn to Detroit by the promise of a decent wage. Tourgoers delve deeply into the contributions of the immigrant groups
that manned the city's assembly lines and savor the homespun factory-friendly foods they pioneered.
- Kentucky
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Tourgoers on this whiskey-themed trip investigate every element of bourbon, measuring oak staves in the company of coopers,
exploring corn fields with a Maker's Mark farmer and drinking straight from limestone streams. The itinerary also includes a
comprehensive bourbon tasting seminar and tastes of the state's legendary foods, including Kentucky ham, burgoo, derby pie and
hot brown.
- Low Country
- Charleston chefs will join us for this expedition into the low country, where we'll feast on freshly-harvested rice, join shrimpers at the dock and learn the secrets of frogmore stew, hash and hoppin' john.
- Maine
- This adventure begins aboard a lobster boat, from which we'll collect the crustaceans we'll need to create a variety of traditional preparations. Coached by native Mainers, we'll put lobster to use in the manner of generations of migrant lobstermen, Yankee families and upper-crust vacationers.
- Memphis
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Participants on this tour feast on the finest sauced meats ever to emerge from West Tennessee; learn how to grade barbecue from
the master judges at the Memphis Barbecue Association; muse on the meaning of pork in Southern culture and meet the master
craftsmen who unfurl their bedrolls alongside their smokers and stoke them all night long in pursuit of the perfect porcine
dish.
- Philadelphia
- The City of Brotherly Love is also the nation's leading city of street vendors, where classics like cheesesteaks and pretzels were long ago perfected. Tourgoers will visit the bakeries responsible for beloved hoagie rolls, twist their own pretzels and raise pints of Philly-brewed beer to the city's patriotic past.
- Piedmont Picnic
- Call it cork and pork, or wine and swine: Central North Carolina is flush with beverages and barbecue. Tourgoers wander among muscadine vines in the company of the visionary vinters who've built the state's wine industry and mix their own vinegary dips under the tutelage of famed pitmasters.
- San Antonio
- Tortillas and tequila are now common across the country, but Tex-Mex got its start in San Antone. Participants on this tour will learn to mix mean margaritas, sample the original versions of dishes that show up on Mexican menus nationwide and discover the story behind the taco Texas Monthly exhorted its readers to "eat before you die."