Dinner Included: What Hotel Gastronomic Packages Actually Cover, and What They Quietly Don't
The 'gourmet package' is now a standard upsell at food-focused hotels — but the fine print decides whether it saves money or just moves it.
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The Chef Checks In: How Hotel Chef Residencies Work, and When They're Worth Planning a Trip Around
Hotels increasingly borrow star chefs for weeks rather than hire them for years — a format that gives food travelers rare access, if they read the fine print before booking.
The Cellar Downstairs: How to Choose a Vineyard Hotel Worth the Splurge
Sleeping among the rows turns a wine region into a single property, but vineyard hotels vary more than any other lodging type — from working estate to wine-themed resort in name only.
One Room, Many Courses: How a Kaiseki Ryokan Stay Actually Works
A ryokan with kaiseki dinner service is less a hotel with a restaurant than a single evening choreographed around the meal, and it rewards a little preparation.
Sleep Where the Meal Begins: A Guide to Agriturismo Farm Stays
Italy's farm-stay model has spread across Europe, and for food travelers it remains the shortest possible distance between a bedroom and a dinner's ingredients.
Where the Kitchen Is the Destination: Inside Hotel Cooking Schools
More hotels now treat the teaching kitchen as a headline amenity rather than a rainy-day filler, and the best of them function as full culinary schools with resident chefs.