“Since 2007, Peggy Markel has acquired more than 160 passport stamps. And already this year—the 25th anniversary of her Boulder-based tourism company, Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures—she’s visited Sri Lanka and Argentina on her own and led clients through India, Spain, Morocco, and Italy. Her tours celebrate slow living and the sensual pleasures of shopping, fishing, farming, cooking, and eating with others (all capped off with sunset cocktails). But even though she’s dined in many of the world’s most fabulous culinary destinations, Boulder has a special appeal. “There’s always been an energy to Boulder,” Markel says. “Sharing the farms, markets, and talent that this city has attracted over the years starts a conversation that brings us back to the table, back to what’s basic in the best sense of the word.”

Her tours celebrate slow living and the sensual pleasures of shopping, fishing, farming, cooking, and eating with others (all capped off with sunset cocktails). But even though she’s dined in many of the world’s most fabulous culinary destinations, Boulder has a special appeal. “There’s always been an energy to Boulder,” Markel says. “Sharing the farms, markets, and talent that this city has attracted over the years starts a conversation that brings us back to the table, back to what’s basic in the best sense of the word.”

“There’s always been an energy to Boulder,” Markel says. “Sharing the farms, markets, and talent that this city has attracted over the years starts a conversation that brings us back to the table, back to what’s basic in the best sense of the word.”

Join Markel on a fantasy exploration of her own home town —no passport necessary.”

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5280 Magazine, October 2017 by Denise Mickelsen

“Peggy Markel has spent a quarter century leading foodie tours through some of the world’s most delicious destinations—from Italy’s Amalfi Coast to India’s Rajasthan region—for her company, Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures.

So much time spent poking around the classically beautiful villas and kitchens of the Mediterranean and beyond has turned Markel into something of a design devotee in addition to an epicurean expert. Which is why, when she recently decided to renovate the kitchen in her Longmont home, this effortlessly beautiful and cook-friendly design emerged.”

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5280 Magazine, August/September 2017, by Amanda M. Faison.

“With two decades of experience in global culinary traditions, Peggy Markel personally hand-tailors each of her programs to lead her guests into cultural immersion, through the sensorial pleasure of food. Guests emerge transformed, embracing a greater awareness of the connection between themselves, other cultures, and the food on their plate.”

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