Many would argue that the best part of visiting a new place is eating its cuisine. You can tell a lot about a country or city from sampling the different flavors of its food. With the popularity of celebrity chefs and cooking competition reality TV shows, many people are making reservations at restaurants in order to experience a destination by dining. "It's kind of the greatest way to explore a country, going from market to market, from restaurant to restaurant," said Tanya Steel, editor in chief of Epicurious.com, an online food publication that began developing original content related to the topic of food and travel in 2005.