Jessie Festa, Author at Epicure & Culture

Slovenia Eats: Your Ultimate Guide To Ljubljana’s Culinary Culture

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Jul 14, 2025Apr 8, 2015

I’m an fan of getting to know a city through not only its food, but its purveyors and delicious small businesses. On a recent trip …

Notes On Growing Up Italian In Brooklyn (And Keeping Yesterday’s Traditions Alive)

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Oct 16, 2024Apr 7, 2015

My life began in a little place called Brooklyn, New York, as the daughter of a Sicilian father and a Neopolitan mother. When I entered …

Colombia Travel: How To Explore Medellin Like A Local

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Nov 20, 2017Apr 6, 2015

Looking to explore Medellin, Colombia, like a local? Epicure & Culture caught up with Pablo Alvarez-Correa, founder of Real City Tours S.A.S, to get his …

How To Slow Travel On A Short Trip

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Mar 4, 2015Apr 3, 2015

I’m an avid fan of slow travel, travel speak for, well, traveling slowly. I’d much rather stay in one destination for a long period of …

Slow Travel: A Slovenian Countryside Homestay With A Curative Twist

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Mar 22, 2020Mar 31, 2015

I’m currently standing in a fragrant forest in Plave — a small village in Slovenia — lush with wild garlic, primrose and chives. Well, not really standing. Picking. With bent knees and basket in hand.

Norway Travel: How To Explore Oslo Like A Local

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Jun 9, 2024Mar 30, 2015

Looking to explore Oslo, Norway, like a local? Epicure & Culture caught up with Curtis Rojak, owner of the tour company Viking Biking, to get …

Exploring The Basalt Lined Vineyards And Historic Grapes Of The Azores’ Pico Island

by Jessie FestaUpdated on Mar 26, 2023Mar 27, 2015

Pico Island, one of nine volcanic Azorean islands located almost 1,000 miles from mainland Portugal, isn’t the first place you’d expect to find a thriving wine …