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A Year in My Kitchen: January — Spinach-Sausage Buns
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 best...
THE RELUCTANT CRUISER
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...
Gastón Acurio:
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,...
NIKO ROMITO:
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...
PAPAL GASTRONOMY SINCE ST. PETER
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...
1741: Restaurateur Cedric Moulot & Chef Thierry Schwartz
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...
Rechedo Masala for Fish
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...
2 Parma Ham recipes
CORN on the cob with Sauce (Serves 4) 8 slices of Parma Ham 4 ears of corn 8.75 oz fresh cream 3.5 oz. Gorgonzola (or any mild blue cheese) Sprinkling of cognac Boil the ears of corn until well-done; drain and keep warm. In a saucepan melt the gorgonzola with the...
Parma Ham Recipe
The following recipe is courtesy of the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma.GREEN MELONS WITH PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA (Serves 4) 7 oz. Parma Ham 4 small melons 7 oz. cheese flakes 1 T of coarsely ground pistachio nuts Sprinkling of Worcester sauceCut the tops off the melons...
Teacakes
Makes: 4 dozen. Ingredients: 1 c. butter or margarine, softened 2 c. sugar 3 eggs 2 T. buttermilk 5 c. all-purpose flour 1 t. baking soda 1 t. vanilla extract Directions: Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after...
WHERE TO STAY IN CAJUN COUNTRY
WASHINGTON Camellia Cove B&B (3 rooms) 211 West Hill Street Washington, LA (337) 826-7362 Herman & Annie Bidstrup Built around 1825, Camelia Cove offers large rooms, beautiful antiques and private baths, plus 2 acres of garden and shade trees....
The Epicurean Traveler along Cajun Culinary Trails
As you travel west from Opelousas (birthplace of zydeco music) on highway 190, you’ll find yourself driving beside rice paddies — Cajun Country is known for its swamps, and rice cultivation is the natural solution to making swampland productive. If you’re taveling the...
Vienna…Europe’s Best Keep Secret
A generous beauty, vivacious Vienna encourages visitors to indulge themselves fully. Going native means immersing oneself in the city’s physical beauty, its coffeehouses and cafes, magnificent museums and musical concerts. And, of course, this is the city that gave...
VIETNAM TRAVEL BITES (Part II)
text and photos © Lee Daley HOI AN From its beginning in Saigon, my month-long sojourn through Vietnam continues its way north, though the hills of Dalat and down to the central coast village of Hoi An. In the 17th Century before its river filled with silt, Hoi An’s...
TRAVEL BITES THROUGH VIETNAM
The road to the real Vietnam runs through its kitchens and markets. On a recent gastronomic quest to savor as much of the country’s rich and varied cuisine as possible, I found modes of transport every bit as diverse as the nation’s menus. These included a train ride...
TRAVEL PLANNING ON THE INTERNET
text ©2007 by Scott W Clemens I’ve been planning a family vacation to Ireland. In the past I used Frommer’s travel guides to research our destinations and lodgings, as well as brochures provided by my travel agent. This time I decided to do most of my planning on the...
GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL IN THE HEART OF THINGS
(Favorite Day Trips from San Francisco — Part Three) text and photos ©2013 The San Andreas Fault, where the North American Plate meets the Pacific Plate, runs through the Santa Cruz Mountains, which separate San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. San...
Sonoma’s Wild Coast: Leaving the City Behind Favorite day-trips from San Francisco (Part One)
Text and photos © 2009 by Scott W. Clemens The view north from Timber Cove Inn One of the things I like most about San Francisco is that you can get out of the city and into the country in short order. Within half an hour you can be on the fringes of...
THE BEST IN BASEL: A PARADISE FOR MUSEUM BUFFS
©2012 Last year I published two interviews in Epicurean-Traveler.com with Basel’s two top chefs, Peter Knogl and Tanja Grandits. Not to diminish their talents and charm, but Basel, all too often underrated, with its beautiful medieval Münster (cathedral),...
WELSH GOLD
Gold is an expensive commodity today, but none more so than Welsh Gold, for it is the rarest of all. After a history spanning 4,000 years, the last gold mine in Wales closed in 2007. Guided tours are available of the Dolaucothi mine in central Wales, first worked by...