ExtraVirgin Food & Travel is a podcast for adventurers, armchair travellers and gourmands. Join your host, food and travel journalist Natascha Mirosch, as she chats with amateur travellers and dedicated explorers, food experts, cooks and producers.
In this episode of ExtraVirgin Food & Travel, we're exploring conscious travel and what responsible tourism really looks like in practice. As more travellers seek sustainable travel experiences and meaningful ways to give back, the question becomes: how can we see the world while making a positive impact? Natascha Mirosch chats with Robyn Nixon of Intrepid Travel , who takes small groups…
Hospitality runs in the blood of chef and restaurateur Tony Percuoco, owner of Tartufo restaurant in Fortitude Valley. His food journey began as a young boy growing up in the Italian town of Naples, where his father and uncle were restaurant owners, and his mother was a remarkable home cook. While all the other kids around him wanted to become pilots and police officers, Tony's dream was to become…
It was a simple coin toss and a chance bus ride - two sliding-door moments that would forever connect Belinda Jackson's destiny to the country of Egypt. In this episode of ExtraVirgin Food and Travel , Natascha Mirosch is joined by Belle, a multi-award-winning travel journalist, to talk about her second home: Egypt. One of the world's most fascinating destinations, Egypt is often misunderstood.…
In this episode of ExtraVirgin, travel writer Natascha Mirosch offers some suggestions of trips and destinations you might like to put on your wish list - from cruising the Amazon to a new Orient Express luxury train journey, visiting the home of the world's most famous cartoon dog and more. You'll find links to the places mentioned in the podcast on the ExtraVirgin Food & Travel website.
Sonya Gellert has the enviable job of being a full-time food writer. She's done a host of fabulous things throughout a career that's taken her from Australia to Japan, the UK and back to Australia. She's been a travel editor, restaurant reviewer, editorial food and drink writer, copywriter and recipe editor. She's written for Table Magazine UK, Escape magazine, delicious Magazine, Vogue Living,…
Thanks to the incredible popularity of the show White Lotus, Sicily is red hot right now. In this episode, Natascha Mirosch chats with Carmel Ruggeri, former restaurateur-turned-tour guide, who runs extremely popular tours to a part of Italy not only blessed with natural beauty, but some of the country's best regional cuisine (cannoli anyone?) Carmel and Natascha chat about everything from the…
Guy Grossi has carved out a distinguished career and made a significant contribution to the hospitality scene over the last forty years, both as a restaurateur and chef. In fact, in 1996, Guy was awarded the L'insegna Del Ristorante Italiano by no less than the president of Italy, for his dedication to presenting and promoting "La Cucina Italiana" and the Italian lifestyle. He's written four…
We've talked about those one Euro houses in Italy in a previous podcast (episode 81) but in this episode we're about to revisit the subject (and the topic of buying property in Italy as a foreigner in general) with Michele Capecchi, a lawyer based in Florence, who has extensive experience in guiding foreigners through the red tape that is buying a property in Italy. Michele is managing partner of…
Have you been thinking of (or dreaming about) taking an Antarctic cruise? Cruising is huge and estimates have the cruise industry growing by another 9% in 2024. For some regular cruisers, particularly those with large disposable incomes, the great white continent, represents just another an as-yet unexplored cruise destination to conquer. For others, Antarctica is a long-cherished dream. But…
We all know that getting out and communing with nature is good for both our body and our mental health, but where to start if you've never done any hiking but are keen to give it a go? Trekking, hiking, tramping, rambling or just plain walking - whatever you call if and whatever you aspire to, whether it's a kilometre on a flat countryside track to conquering rugged terrain over multiple days, or…