Will I choose the classic foie gras parfait or the Jacques Pépin signature lobster bisque? “Have both,” says the waiter who knows my name on the first night aboard Oceania Vista. Having treasured Pépin’s ‘La Technique’ bible since I was young, I couldn’t argue. Both, served in the aptly-named Grand Dining Room, were perfectly executed.
Never believing in paying for worse accommodation or food than at home, I join this Holy Lands Hallmarks cruise from Istanbul to