Blog - Onward Travel

Family to Family: How We Travel with Heart and Purpose

At Onward Travel, we're a small family business - and we believe in the power of supporting other small family businesses wherever we go. From the bustling food markets of Tuscany to the quiet fjordside bakeries in Norway, we seek out local…

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Molly’s Memories of Ireland

Inspired by The Cooking Cottage's dreamy trips to Ireland, I took a semester off from college in fall 2008 and traveled to Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork, Ireland. Once the shock of all the dishwashing I had to do wore off, I had…

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Happy birthday, Julia!

It is the week of Julia Child's birthday, the perfect moment to take a walk down memory lane. As those "in the know" are aware, Kat's and my mother (Peggi) and grandmother (Winnie) kickstarted Onward Travel by offering culinary tours in Europe…

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An Afternoon with Halfdan Pedersen

This spring Onward Travel brought a group of AIGA members from across the United States to Iceland for Spring B'Reykjavik, our third annual design-focused trip centered around the Icelandic design festival called DesignMarch. One of the highlights…

Journal, Recipes

Reminiscing about Amore in Italy: Tuscany

In October we travelled to Tuscany for two back-to-back tours with Chef Jenna of Amore Trattoria in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We visited charming Tuscan villages: Cortona, Greve in Chianti, Montalcino, Bagno Vignoni, Siena... and savored the absolutely…