"Welcoming Your Indian Guests: A Practical Guide for Hospitality and Tourism" (Second Edition) is an easy-to-read introduction to the basics of Indian culture. It is designed for English-speaking audiences – including employers, friends, and hospitality industry professionals from small restaurants to large hotels. While global travel and tourism are still on hold due to the COVID situation, it is never too early to get yourself prepared for the re-activation of the industry by reading abo...

China has already taken the place of Japan and become the No.1 outbound tourism market. According to World Travel Organization, there will be 100 million Chinese traveling abroad in 2020.As a tourism and hospitality industry executive, do you want to gain more knowledge on how to welcome your Chinese guests?In the seven modules of this course, you will follow a simple, easy-to-understand learning system that contains scenario analyses discussions, tips and suggestions. Each...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Life-changing food adventures around the world.From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishes us not only physically, but intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually too. It can be a gift that enables a traveller to survive, a doorway into the heart of a tribe...

A New York Times bestseller, turn to the hidden curiosities of food, which becomes a gateway to fascinating stories about human history, science, art, and tradition—all organized by country, lavishly illustrated, and full of surprises.Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink. Covering all seven continents, Gastro Obscura serves up a loaded plate of inc...

The Food Traveler’s Handbook provides a compelling argument for using food as a primary focus in discovering the world. Using this handbook as a guide, you will learn how to eat safely in developing countries, source cheap but delicious streetside meals and discover how to make food a tool for understanding a new place and connecting to its local culture. The Food Traveler’s Handbook is part of The Traveler's Handbook series and offers: o How to discover the world through food. o Delicious...

Discover the rich flavors, unique traditions, and healing powers of chai. This heady mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, and cloves transforms black tea into a full-bodied elixir that has been enjoyed in India for centuries. Tea expert Diana Rosen explores the fascinating history of chai and offers 22 recipes for a variety of chai spice blends that can be used in both teas and baked goods. You’re sure to find exciting and new ways to enjoy chai’s spicy and rejuvenating qualities.

"This body of work, these 30 years of reviews of dining in North Dakota, is in a sense a history of dining in America." —Anthony BourdainIn Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professors moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman covered the culinary scene for more than twenty-five years: Marilyn Hagerty. In her weekly Eatbeat column in the local paper, Marilyn gave the denizens of Grand Forks the stra...

Take some time to appreciate the important things in life: friends, family, and tea! Diana Rosen shares fabulous suggestions for relaxing and celebrating over a specially selected cup of tea. Discover how tea can bring people closer together and brighten any event, including family reunions, after-school snacks, and engagement parties. Offering 15 custom-tailored seasonal tea parties to soothe the soul and enliven your day, Rosen encourages you to savor the joys of pairing an inviting warm...

This document is one of a series of downloadable giveaways from Kathmandu & Beyond. The series deals with trekking in Nepal and is based on the author's own trekking experiences and covers the following routes: Annapurna Foothills, Annapurna Base Camp , Around Annapurna, Upper Mustang, Everest Base Camp, and Gokyo Lake.The series also includes a general introduction to trekking in Nepal, dealing with topics such as when best to trek, staying in teahouses, use of guides and porters,...

As a groundbreaking chef and beloved cookbook author, Deborah Madison—“The Queen of Greens” (The Washington Post)—has profoundly changed the way generations of Americans think about cooking with vegetables, helping to transform “vegetarian” from a dirty word into a mainstream way of eating. But before she became a household name, Madison spent almost twenty years at the Zen Center in the midst of counterculture San Francisco. In this warm, candid, and refreshingly funny memoir, sh...

Like your favorite local grocery store, with its sushi bar, fresh baked goods, and maybe a very obliging butcher, Best Food Writing offers a bounty of everything in one place. For seventeen years, Holly Hughes has delved into piles of magazines and newspapers, scanned endless websites and blogs, and foraged through bookstores to provide a robust mix of what's up in the world of food writing. From the year's hottest trends (this year: meal kits and extreme dining) to the realities ...