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.
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.
The Boulder Weekly: “The Transformative Power of Travel and Food” by Cayte Bosler |The Boulder Weekly, February 21, 2013 | “Cooking is never a chore for Markel. It’s an adventure.”
“Peggy aims to give people a meaningful travel experience by immersing them in a foreign culture through food, food artisans, hands-on cooking and traveling. The bonus: Her daily work usually means immersing herself in the same. Just read her example of a “typical day” and see if it doesn’t make …
For those of us who love to cook or to garden, each ingredient has a personality. We develop relationships with our favorite vegetables, fruits and grains, returning to our favorites, thrilled when they come back into season or we can invite them to another new recipe. Written by Rebecca Wood …
“Although I knew her only from her “modern” life in Boulder and from traveling together in Europe, Peggy Markel actually grew up in Alabama. (Unrelated—or at least not directly related—to catfish, she runs a cooking school in Tuscany and food tours in Italy and Morocco.” Read more here.
Slowing Down by Jessica Centers Denver Westword, March 2007 Peggy Markel was one of the first people to bring the slow-food movement to the United States. It started in Italy, where the Boulder resident designs and directs culinary tours… Click here to download pdf
An Appetite for Travel by Jennifer Merritt Travel Agent magazine, March 5, 2007 Delighting in the culinary treats of other countries is one of the main reasons people travel abroad… Click here ot download pdf
What’s New? by Laurel Miller The Sustainable Kitchen I recently returned from an incredible trip to Morocco with my Boulder-based friend, Peggy Markel, who owns Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures… Read online
