Food for Flight Is the Way to Go

I love to eat. I also love to fly. So I absolutely love where mozzarella meets magnetos.

Ben Younger

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 01:22 PM ET

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Flying for food is a more than acceptable reason to get in the air. [Adobe Stock]

Key Takeaways:

The author passionately combines his love for aviation with culinary exploration, using flights as a mission to discover unique regional food experiences.
Flying enables access to off-the-beaten-path, authentic mom-and-pop restaurants in small towns, distinct from the homogenized chain establishments found near major interstates or commercial airports.
These "food flights" offer more than just a meal; they provide a sense of purpose for flying and often lead to memorable, genuine encounters with local people, enriching the overall travel experience.

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I love to eat. I also love to fly. An opportunity to combine the two makes me feel like Dom DeLuise in the 1981 movie History of the World, Part I when he realizes he’s going to bathe in treasure from the orient. “Treasure…Bathtub…Treasure bath…I’m going to have a treasure bath! Treasure bath!!!”

I’ve written in these pages about combining my love of racing motorcycles with aviation, flying to distant racetracks and sometimes even landing on the track itself. Aviation sweetens the pot for any adventure. It’s a simple equation: Anything you like to do + Aviation = A Win.