ImmerseThrough
tours are all about
the concept of
cultural immersion
through food
Since 2010 I have done one or two immersethrough tours a year, starting with trips in Northern Thailand and in Burma, and then later on travels in the Republic of Georgia. The idea is always to engage with local food and agricultural traditions, often with some hands-on food preparation and cooking, and always with meals (sometimes feasts) of local food and drink and plenty of conversation.
— Naomi Duguid • writer, photographer, traveler, story teller, home cook
For me, immersion is almost always associated with travel, with crossing borders, engaging with people and with their culture, and making myself vulnerable.
The lens through which I most often immerse myself is food. I have spent the last thirty-five plus years travelling researching writing and photographing to make cookbooks, so food traditions and staple foods are what turn me on: flatbreads, rice, grains of all kinds, salt, agricultural landscapes…and markets everywhere and anywhere.
the tour
The ImmerseThrough tours are informal with the emphasis on flexibility and direct hands-on experience. I always work with a friend who has deep knowledge of food traditions of her country, and of the cultural and historical terrain. We engage with farmers and food-producers such as cheese-makers and wine-makers, and we stay in comfortable but usually not deluxe hotels, especially not in smaller towns and villages. We travel by road in a large comfortable van with a very experienced driver. This gives us the flexibility to make a stop or vary our route, if we decide there is something interesting to check out.
scheduled trips
Georgia (2026): We’re planning an eleven day trip to Georgia, starting in Tbilisi in late September. For details, see the Georgia page.
Thailand (2027): We’re planning a trip to Northern Thailand, starting in Chiang Mai in mid-January 2027. For details, see the Thailand page.
Georgia
Tbilisi • 2026
September 28 to October 9
