“You’ll forage. You’ll cook. More than superficial restaurant visits, these trips-often led by celebrity chefs-offer the sort of deep dives pioneered by the late Anthony Bourdain.

New and improved food tours often put well-known chefs at the helm. New York-based Tour de Forks partnered with chef Anita Lo to lead their group trips to places like Liguria in Italy and the Yucatán, or even Long Island for a weekend. There, fans of Lo stayed at Mama Farm B&B, owned by the actress Isabella Rossellini, in Brookhaven, N.Y. The group visited a North Fork oyster farm and foraged for edible mushrooms, guided by a member of the Long Island Mycological Club.

To prepare their own dinner one night, attendees took a cooking class from Lo, learning to prep Long Island Crescent ducks, searing the breasts and making rillettes with the legs and thighs. A pasta dish featured fronds from a basketball-sized hen-of-the-woods mushroom they’d found earlier that day. A Wolffer Estate Vineyard expert expounded on local viticulture, and poured a steady stream of wine.”