Posted in Europe, Garlic, Madrid, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, acorns, anchovies, appetizer, bread, culture, delicacy, easy, grilled, grilling, ham, holiday, iberico, jamon, pigs, pinchos, piquillo peppers, racione, tapas, tomato, tourism, tradition, travel on Jul 18th, 2008
Not long ago our good friend Nuria at Recipes Pic by Pic offered to do a food exchange with us, knowing both how obsessed we are with Spanish food and their comparative scarcity over here in the States. In return she asked that we send her some typical American products of our choice as well […]
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It’s always fun to be with my British husband and celebrate the 4th of July. Some of his favorite questions he been asked many times since moving to America to be with moi is, “So, Jonny, what’s Thanksgiving like in England!?” or “How do you guys celebrate the 4th of July in England!?”. Such silly […]
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Posted in America, Beach, Garlic, Italian-American, New Jersey, Olive Oil, Recipe, aglio e olio, butter, crab, crispy, culture, delicacy, dining, easy, eating, fish, food, grilling, holiday, podcast, saute, savory, seafood, shore, soft-shell, summer, tourism, tradition, travel on Jun 25th, 2008
Nothing says summer to this Philly girl more than ‘going down the shore’ (translation: heading to southern New Jersey to go to the beach), grilling, horseshoes, and soft shell crabs. The first time I was asked to taste a soft shell crab I had to ask my dad what the f it meant. “You mean […]
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Posted in America, Recipe, Recipes, holiday on May 25th, 2008
It’s one of the biggest grilling weekends of the year here in the good ‘ole US of A, so why not buck the BBQ Chicken/Burgers/Hot Dog trend and give one of these grillable beauties a try instead? HAPPY MEMORIAL WEEKEND!
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AUTHENTIC CARNE ASADA TACOS
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GRILLED STEAK WITH TARRAGON GARLIC BUTTER
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SPATCHCOCK CHICKEN WITH […]
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Posted in Bastille Day, Carcassonne, Europe, Food Commentary, France, French, French-ness, culture, eating, festival, food, french fries, fried, grilled, grilling, history, holiday, patriotism, podcast, sandwiches, sausage, street food, summer, tourism, tradition, travel, unhealthy on May 6th, 2008
Download WNF Podcast #2: Sandwich de Merguez
A few summers ago we were very fortunate to spend a long vacation traveling through northern Spain and southwestern France. It was our first real vacation alone since Amy and I had met, and was especially well-deserved because we had spent the previous 12 months going through the traumatic […]
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Posted in Italian, Italy, Meat, Naples, Napoli, Pasta, Recipe, Recipes, Saveur, beef, cheap meal, culture, eating, food, ground meat, hearty, holiday, language, milk, pancetta, pork, sauce, slow cooking, tomato, tourism, tradition, travel, wine on Apr 22nd, 2008
Click here for more of our photos of Bologna
Warning! You are about to read a lot about a dish that many would think could be discussed in one paragraph - Bolognese Ragu. After two trips to Bologna, I really began to understand how seriously the people […]
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Posted in Castillano, Chorizo, Easter, Europe, Food Commentary, Italian, Italian-American, Italy, Lent, Recipe, Recipes, Saveur, Spain, bacon, baking, bread, cheap meal, cornmeal, culture, easy, egg, flour, food, holiday, indulgent meal, morcilla, tradition, unhealthy on Mar 21st, 2008
It was as if it was divine intervention. We finally found morcilla (see picture of sausages below - it’s the black one) in a specialty store up the block but we weren’t prepared to make a fabada or cocido - two other Spanish dishes which call for morcilla. I picked up one of my […]
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Posted in California, Italian, Potato, Recipe, Recipes, breadcrumbs, butter, cheap meal, cheese, drink, easy, egg, flour, food, gnocchi, holiday, indulgent meal, quick meal, sage, sauce, travel, vegetarian, wine on Mar 1st, 2008
Last year, Amy and I spent a very enjoyable long weekend with her cousin and cousin’s husband visiting the Napa and Russian River Valley winelands. Throughout the course of the weekend we must have tasted fifty different wines at twelve or so different wineries, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I did not […]
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Posted in Castillano, Madrid, Spain, acorns, castille, delicacy, ham, healthy, history, holiday, iberico, important details, jamon, language, pigs, pork, racione, serrano, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel on Feb 5th, 2008
Penelope Cruz’s “break-out” film was a lusty, comedic tale called Jamon, Jamon in which one of her suitors tells her that her breasts taste like serrano ham. Throughout the film (in which Cruz frequently appears partially clothed) there are many shots of legs of jamon serrano and iberico hanging in store windows, and the film […]
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Posted in Castillano, Europe, Madrid, Spain, alcohol, alcoholic drink, beverage, castille, culture, drink, entertainment, food, holiday, tapas, tourism, tradition, travel, vermouth, vermut on Jan 17th, 2008
As regular readers will know, we recently visited Madrid and gorged ourselves at its myriad restaurants, tascas, bars and any other hostelry we could find. Because of this excessive consumption, we’re currently going through what can only be described as a traumatic process of catharsis, in which we’re avoiding all meat and all booze for […]
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