The European Compass : A food & travel podcast

1. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

   Wine Importer Lyle Fass on Food Memory and the Meals He Never Forgot (opens the original)

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   Wine importer Lyle Fass of Fass Selections joins me to talk about food memory, the kind that outlasts even a photograph. From a Sunday lunch of blanquette de veau in Tain-l'Hermitage to the best strawberries of his life, Lyle shares the meals that have stayed with him after two decades travelling and buying wine across Europe. Find Lyle at fassselections.com or on Instagram @fassselectionswine and @grapeylyle.

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2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

   Kelly Groehler on Food, Athens, and Building The WTAF Show. (opens the original)

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   Kelly Groehler built The WTAF Show around a simple complaint: women make up the majority of the travel market, yet almost every food and travel show on air is hosted by men. In this episode, the founder of The WTAF Show (Women. Travel. Art. Food.) joins The European Compass to talk about telling food and travel stories through women chefs, women artists, and women entrepreneurs across Europe.We talk about her most memorable meal in Europe, a market day in Uzès, France, why Athens has displaced L

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