We Are Gastronomads
We're Mike Elgan and Amira Elgan — gastronomads since 2006. What’s a “gastronomad”? Anyone who travels to seek out food and drinks and all that goes with it — community, history, culture, adventure and joy.
In fact, we love traveling so much we do it full time. How? The short answer is that we’ve pivoted our careers to location-independent work. We’re writers, and can write from anywhere.
The longer answer is in Mike’s book, Gastronomad — a guide about how to live and work and eat and drink internationally.
We're currently in Oaxaca, Mexico!
We also show the way with Amira’s Gastronomad Experiences — intimate gatherings where we welcome adventurous food-lovers in some of our favorite places on earth — Provence, Venice, Barcelona, Morocco, El Salvador, Mexico City and Oaxaca. Gastronomad Experiences are master classes in how to live well. We skip the tourism and immerse our Gastronomad friends directly into the communities and homes and gathering places of our amazing local food- and wine-making friends.
We create and host magical, life-changing culinary experiences in our favorite places around the world.
We’re not tour guides and this isn't tourism. We take you inside places like Italy’s Prosecco Hills, France's Provence, Spain's Barcelona Cava wine country, Mexico City, Oaxaca, El Salvador and Morocco where you'll be embraced as friends and enjoy the best and most authentic food and drinks in epic meals and magical gatherings. You’ll meet the most extraordinary food artisans, world renown chefs and visionary winemakers. We'll cook, learn, explore, taste and experience the best secret food spots, markets, bars, wineries, history, culture and more. Here’s what people who have enjoyed Gastronomad Experiences say about them.
We say we travel “the world.” In fact, we really explore the world’s greatest food and wine locations. As passionate foodies, we care deeply about how food is grown, produced, and made. We seek out kindred spirits in the world of food — the greatest chefs, winemakers, artisans and farmers in every food region we travel to. We believe in sustainable farming practices — organic, biodynamic, permaculture and ancient practices — which can better support humanity, showing respect and care for the health of our planet and future generations. Over time, our deep friendships enrich our lives beyond measure. We become “temporary locals,” who live and shop and cook and eat like our neighbors in those places.
Can’t picture Gastronomad Experiences? Here’s what they look like.
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Bon appétit and delicious travels,
Mike & Amira Elgan
