by Jan Ross | Feb 20, 2015 | Food, Food blog
We stepped out of one of the ubiquitous Amsterdam canal boats onto the cobblestone path which ran beside one of the many scenic canals in the city. Sometimes referred to as “the Venice of the North”, canals run everywhere throughout this beautiful European city and...
by Jan Ross | Feb 14, 2015 | Food, Food blog
As huge fans of local foodie tours, we will often make a foodie tour of a city our first priority when visiting. It gives us a chance to sample some local restaurants and make a decision about whether we would like to return to enjoy a full meal. In this manner, we...
by Lucy Gordan | Feb 5, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Since newly-elected Pope Francis chose to live in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the guest house adjacent to St. Peter’s Basilica, and not in the official papal apartments overlooking the Square, a lot of ink has been spilled about his austere living and eating habits...
by Lisa Richardson | Feb 4, 2015 | Food, Food blog, Recipes
FEBRUARY Macaroon Valentines The image of a mother-daughter embrace with chocolate macaroon in hand caught my eye decades ago while pouring over Sunset magazine. A joy to make and share, these palm-sized, decadent confections were a sentimental, edible...
by Lisa Richardson | Jan 16, 2015 | Food, Food blog, Recipes
Wreathed by images of family and life events colored by food, the cover page of a slim volume for my husband and our two adult sons from Christmas 2011 is inscribed: “For my boys. My love for cooking and many of these recipes were influenced by my mother. The...
by Beatriz | Dec 7, 2014 | Food, Food blog
Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m eating. It might be some kind of fish cooked in some kind of way or it might be pae pae or it might be goat. We are on a merchant ship called The Aranui “cruising” the Marquesas Islands. The Marquesas are a remote archipelago...
by Lucy Gordan | Dec 6, 2014 | Food, Food blog
Worldwide Ambassador of Peruvian Cuisine Our tastes in food are closely connected to our childhood; what are your first memories of food? Memories are the most important ingredients in cooking. We exist as chefs because of them. My first memory of food is ceviche,...
by Lucy Gordan | Nov 28, 2014 | Food, Food blog
NIKO ROMITO: ITALY’S ONLY CHEF SOUTH OF ROME WITH THREE MICHELIN STARS On November 5, 2013, Niko Romito, the timid, taciturn and modest, 39-year-old chef of the restaurant “Reale” in Castel di Sangro in the province of L’Aquila, was awarded his third Michelin star for...
by Lucy Gordan | Nov 17, 2014 | Food, Food blog
Text © 2014 by Lucy Gordan Two years ago at a market stall near Vatican City I bought three illustrated cookbooks published only in Italian as supplements of the Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana: La Cucina dei Pellegrini, La Cucina dei Papi, and La Cucina dei Santi...
by Lucy Gordan | Nov 17, 2014 | Food, Food blog
In early September 2013 Tourisme Alsace and Office de Tourisme de Strasbourg et Sa Région invited me to Colmar, Sélestat, and Strasbourg. On my second evening in Strasbourg I had supper at the elegant, intimate boudoir “1741,” the city’s only restaurant with a...
by Scott W. Clemens | Nov 15, 2014 | Food, Food blog, Recipes
Here is a simple recipe that translates easily to Western kitchens. From the Leela Resort, Goa’s Jamavar Restaurant. Serves Four. Masala fish dish Ingredients: 10 Red Chilis dried 1 Onion roasted 8 Garlic cloves 10 Pepper corns ½ tsp. Cinnamon 5 Cloves 1 tsp...
by Lucy Gordan | Nov 15, 2014 | Recipes
From Chef Nick Anderer Serves 4 1 (3-pound) chicken, boned, butterflied, and halved 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper Coarse salt 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes 4 sprigs fresh marjoram 6 sprigs fresh thyme 3 tablespoons olive oil Pickled Hot Cherry...
