by Lucy Gordan | Nov 23, 2015 | Food, Food blog
New Year’s Eve is Saint Sylvester’s Night. If an east wind is blowing, it promises a calamitous next twelve months. Roman-born Pope Sylvester I was pope from January 31, 314 to his death on December 31,,335. He is buried in Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla. During his...
by Susanna Gaertner | Nov 10, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Here are some tips, tricks, and shortcuts that I have come across or invented in the course of my foodie journey, ones that I think readers may enjoy. While I make every effort to give credit where it is due, many of these ideas may have become so much a part of my...
by Jan Ross | Oct 24, 2015 | Food, Food blog
There is a long list of reasons why you should visit the amazing Adventures on the Gorge. Located in the startlingly beautiful New River Gorge in the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia, which is part of the New River Gorge National Park, it’s not only in...
by Lucy Gordan | Oct 21, 2015 | Food, Food blog
In the last scene of Billy Wilder’s 1959 American comedy film, “Some Like it Hot”, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis, Jerry played by Jack Lemmon gives a long list of reasons to Osgood played by Joe E. Brown why they can’t marry. Osgood dismisses...
by Lisa Richardson | Oct 16, 2015 | Food, Food blog
“Coastal Italian” is an inviting descriptor for the restaurant on the top floor at Wall and Girard. So I went twice. Initially, we were a group of journalists hosted for Saturday lunch at Catania. The streets were blocked off for the La Jolla Art and Wine Festival. ...
by Connie Pearson | Oct 1, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Step inside the door, and you will feel like distant cousins arriving for a much-anticipated family reunion. Momma and her helpers stir, sauté, and ladle in the kitchen. Papa smiles, greets, and oversees the smooth operation. Sons, cousins, and uncles wait tables...
by Noreen Kompanik | Sep 11, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Dining in a 10,000 Year Old Cavern in Riviera Maya One step inside Alux Restaurant and we knew we were in for one memorable night. It was my husband’s and my first trip to Riviera Maya and we were looking for adventure- even in dining. And this place had it all....
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 11, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Like pizza, pasta, espresso coffee, and gelato parmigiano reggiano, produced in the approved areas of the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, and Mantua is a quintessential Italian food product. Recent statistics recount that c. 240,000 cows, mostly...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 6, 2015 | Food, Food blog
To celebrate 2015’s “World Environment Day” on June 3 the Rome-headquartered International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) partnered with Italian celebrity chef, Carlo Cracco, to bring attention to the negative impact of climate change on many traditional...
by Jennifer Raines | Aug 27, 2015 | Food, Food blog
The sweet scent of freshly grated coconut, the sizzle of chilis in a hot wok, a face full of fragrant steam from a bowl of pho — in Asia, food is a complete sensory experience. There are few more accessible or enjoyable ways to immerse yourself in a destination than...
by Lisa Richardson | Aug 23, 2015 | Food, Food blog
“I was supposed to be a brain surgeon,” Chef offered, grinning ear to ear. His presence is as bold as his red chef coat. The Persian/ Mediterranean/Californian menu is brilliant. At The Fly Trap, Hoss Zaré builds upon lessons from his mother’s...
by Susanna Gaertner | Aug 12, 2015 | Food, Food blog
Lovers of hot chocolate and mocha should run, not walk, to Mutari Chocolate House & Factory, located in downtown Santa Cruz, CA. This is melted—molten better conveys the unctuousness—dark chocolate in a cup: no cocoa powder or lecithin. According to the...
