GRATIN OF OYSTERS WITH LAVERBREAD

   from Chef Franco Taruschio Serves 4 24 Oysters 3.5 oz. Butter 1 Shallot Finely Chopped 1 T Finely Chopped Parsley Juice of ½ Lemon Salt and Freshly Ground White Pepper 7 oz. Laverbread 2 oz. Fresh Fine White Bread Crumbs   Open the oysters reserving half...

WELSH RECIPES

From Graham Tinsley, Castle Hotel BRAISED CONWY MUSSELS Ingredients for 4 people 4.5 lb. Mussels 2 large shallots 1 clove of garlic 3.5 oz. Dry White Wine 7 oz. Double Cream 1 oz. Chopped Fresh Parsley Method 1. Clean the mussels by removing all the barnacles and the...
The Epicurean Traveler in Munich: Part One  TANTRIS

The Epicurean Traveler in Munich: Part One TANTRIS

MUNICH’S TEMPLE TO GOURMET DINING Text ©2010  For over three decades Tantris in Munich’s non-descript residential neighborhood of Schwabing has been one of the best restaurants in the city, in Bavaria, and in all of Germany. “This attitude to life” was the brain-child...
GIANCARLO ZIGANTE:  ISTRIA’S KING OF TRUFFLES

GIANCARLO ZIGANTE: ISTRIA’S KING OF TRUFFLES

text ©2010 On November 2, 1999, a white truffle or Tuber Magnatum Pico, the most prestigious of underground “mushrooms,” forever changed the life of Giancarlo Zigante, born on June 23, 1950 in Plovanija, in the northwest corner of Istria, not far from the common...
ILARIO MOSCONI:

ILARIO MOSCONI:

THE ONLY ITALIAN CHEF OUTSIDE ITALY WITH TWO MICHELIN STARS Interview ©2009 by Lucy Gordan           Born in Ponte di Legno, a small town in Lombardy’s province of Brescia, Ilario Mosconi, aged 51, moved to Esch-Sur-Alzette in southern Luxembourg when he was thirteen....