culinary quest + epic road trip

Food Trail Traveler is the first ever site and video channel entirely focused on the blending great of culinary experiences with the romance of the road. Find South Carolina’s best barbecue, top brews in Denver, mouth-watering boudin in Louisiana, a trail of tacos in Southern California, and silky bourbons in Kentucky. Throw in a little history, scenery and culture, and you have the perfect recipe for great travel experiences.

The Guide

Explore the ever-growing list of regional food and beverage experiences around North America. Learn about the local culture, the local history and, yes, the local food and drink that can shape your next trip, from bourbon to barbecue to Louisiana boudin.

Photo: Kentucky Distillers Association

Featured Trails

Of the scores of food trails around North America, some stand out as unique, exceptional or, well, bizarre. Here are the food- and beverage-based road trips that are worth an extra peek — if only to find out what “Sonker” is.

Trail Tales

Stories, videos and blog posts about scores of great food trails in North America, produced by journalists and creators who have been there — and lived to tell the tale.

Culinary Carpool

Coming Soon: Seeing is believing, so we’re going to hit the road with other food and travel experts to experience some of North America’s best food trails first hand. Follow us on YouTube for updates and previews.

Welcome to Food Trail Traveler from Editor / Host Spud Hilton.

Thought for food

“We eat because we want to have a good time. Really, that’s all a vacation is. It’s just us eating in a place we’ve never been.”

— Jim Gaffigan

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Policy: Because of the proliferation of fake writing and fake images, even in so-called “legitimate media,” we at Food Trail Traveler promise that all content on this site, now and in the future, is created by actual human beings. — Spud Hilton, Editor