11 European Dishes You Must Try Before You Die (Plus Movie Pairings) with Kenny Dunn

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Which European dish is so good you’d plan a trip around it? Kenny Dunn is the founder of Eating Europe, a food tour company that has guided over 400,000 travelers to the best local eats in 17 of Europe’s greatest cities since 2011. In this episode, Kenny shares 11 European dishes you must try before you die, including cultural context, restaurant tips, and personal stories from his years of travel. Kenny explains how each dish connects to its place and people, how everyday locals enjoy them, and shares his go-to spots for trying them. To add a little flavor, we also pair each dish with a movie or TV show to turn your meal into an experience if you want to make these at home! Which dish would you travel for or try to recreate at home? I'd love to hear about it, and I hope you’ll share by sending me an audio message. Tune In To Learn: The famous British snack that was originally invented as a travel food How a Spanish street food became a spicy, deep-fried bomb of flavor The story behind a French sandwich that inspired a monster version in Portugal How one Roman specialty turns a humble vegetable into something unforgettable Where to find the prettiest open-faced sandwich in Scandinavia The sandwich Anthony Bourdain called “a monument to excess” How a single dish became the pride of Prague’s holiday tables What to expect when you try Florence’s most local sandwich Why a herring might be best enjoyed standing up in Amsterdam Tips for cooking a few of these at home (and when not to bother) And so much more Resources: Sign up for our FREE newsletter Eating Europe Eating Europe on Instagram Want More? Top 8 Food Hacks in Europe: How to Find Authentic Culinary Experiences on the Old Continent with Kenny Dunn Top 10 European Food Experiences With Kenny Dunn From Eating Europe Sicily Uncovered: Street Food, Wine Regions, and the Art of Slowing Down Thanks To Our Sponsors Holafly - Get 10% off your annual Holafly eSIM with code “ZEROTOTRAVEL” Planet Visionaries - Listen to the podcast on Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jason here popping in to give you a very special invitation to an event I'm running
0:05.0	in January at the beginning of the year so you can kickstart your year off right. It's going to be me
0:10.8	and just 10 other people. Now, I don't know how much time you spend on your smartphone and you may
0:17.4	or may not know this, but the average person spends five hours and 16 minutes
0:21.6	per day on their phone. And believe it or not, that adds up to between seven and 17 years
0:27.6	of their life on their smartphone. And if you feel like you have been wasting too much time on
0:34.2	your phone, you're having trouble using it as a tool rather than a
0:37.6	distraction. I actually created a new product for this. It's called the Being Box method. It's a
0:42.2	physical bamboo lockbox along with an 88 page journal that gives you everything you need to
0:49.0	reestablish and transform your smartphone habits at home. And I'm so excited about this that outside of the physical product,
0:58.4	I also created a whole program that I'm inviting you to join.
1:01.6	It's called the Smart Phone Habits Reboot 2026.
1:05.4	I certainly need some help with this.
1:07.3	I need a reset.
1:08.8	And I wanted to kick the year off right with a small group of 10
1:12.8	people who are just saying enough is enough with a smartphone. I want to change my habits. I want to
1:18.7	take my time back and reclaim my life. And we can do it all together. So as part of this program,
1:24.7	we're doing a couple online calls with some habit transformation training, some community connection. We're going to have a WhatsApp group and a whole bunch of stuff. Plus, you're going to get the being box method, which is the physical lockbox and the physical 88 page journal. I'm so excited about this. And I want you to be a part of it. So if you go to zero to travel.com slash reboot,
2:01.1	R-E-B-O-O-O-T, you can read all about it. I don't want to make this too long. Zero to travel.com slash reboot. If this is resonating with you, go and check it out because we only have 10 spots. We actually have less now because people are already signed up. I really want to work with a small group and get everybody results and do this together and make this a tight, you know, fun thing.
2:03.5	So check it out.
2:04.6	Zero to Travel. I really want to work with a small group and get everybody results and do this together and make this a tight, you know, fun thing.
2:03.5	So check it out, zero to travel.com slash reboot.
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