“Farm to Table” or “Farm to Fork” was predicted to be a new trend for 2010, but for the folks that have been eating this way for years, they’re wondering what all the fuss is about. Like comfort food was the trend of 2009, how new is it?
To me it sounds suspiciously like...
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I had no plans to write about my experience at the Fancy Food Show that recently took place in San Francisco; I intended to incorporate what I discovered in future posts, but after receiving many requests to identify what I tried, I reconsidered. After all, is not food something of an ambassador of a...
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If you’ve read my previous post on Ireland, you know one of my complaints about Rick Steves is that he omitted the City of Cork from his Ireland travel guide. I thought that was an incredible oversight, although he was quick to offer Kinsale and Cobh as alternatives, and I agree that both are...
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Kinsale was one of my favorite destinations while in Ireland. How could it not be? It’s very picturesque and known as the Gourmet Capital of Ireland. I will not comment on that claim, as I have not the depth of knowledge of Ireland’s food scene, but my limited exposure tells me, if its not...
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A few of my fellow bloggers have recognized my blog and I want to say a belated “thank you” to Sophie at Sophies Foodiefiles (an incredibly talented chef who hails from Belgium, and from whom I continually get inspired). Gera from SweetsFoods, an engineer (a fellow after my own heart) who hails from Uruguay...
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I never appreciated the strong connection that the Irish had with Guinness, until my recent trip to Ireland, and saw the anticipation leading up to Arthur’s Day on September 24, 2009 – a celebration of 250 years of Guinness. I was in Ireland 2 weeks prior to this event and can I tell you,...
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These past few years my hubby and I have gone our separate ways on vacation, not for any specific reason, just a divergence in what appealed to each of us. My husband has been passionate about surfing for as long as I’ve known him, and I love that my hubby takes these surfing...
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As I previously mentioned, I think street or fast food can go a long way to providing a multi-sensory cultural experience that accurately captures the current culture of the country, region, or city in question. Every time I bite into a conchita pilbil taco, I am transported back to Merida, Mexico, or a gelato reminds me of...
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Robert-Gilles of Shizuoka Gourmet commented on my recent post of Dijon and Creme de Cassis that I was remiss in not including his hometown of Chalon-sur-Saôn, which is close to Dijon. I intend to correct that oversight. When my husband and I traveled through Burgundy, we had a mission – we were stalking the Tour...
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When we were in Dijon we had many (delightful) encounters with Creme de Cassis. We, ok I stuffed our luggage with bottles of this yummy liqueur to take back to the States as gifts, and of course to use ourselves.
Crème de Cassis is a sweet deep red, black currant flavored liqueur. The modern version of the...
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