Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings…
Posted in coffee, culture, Europe, Food Commentary, Italy, Spain on Aug 28th, 2007
What is it about coffee in Europe that makes it taste so good? Why do so many people love Dunkin’ Donuts coffee when it quite obviously tastes (and looks) like gnat’s piss? And why, indeed, do people feel the need to drink a pint of coffee in one go? More to the point, how can […]
Posted in French, kidneys, mushroom, offal, Recipe, Recipes, tradition, travel, unhealthy, veal, wine on Aug 27th, 2007
…Don’t be put off by their rather acrid smell and make either of two delicious dishes! When we first encountered veal kidneys we were enjoying the beginning of what was to be one of the greatest meals either of us had ever eaten. It was a six-course marathon, running the gamut from tiny, delicately-prepared pots […]
Posted in Caribbean, Food Commentary, meal, Roti on Aug 9th, 2007
I suppose you could file this under “at the desk gourmet” too, since it’s delicious, homemade, eaten at the desk, economical, and big step beyond your deli soup or sandwich in food sophistication. However, since it’s not made in my home, but someone else’s, it doesn’t qualify for inclusion in that category, but, as the […]
Posted in Italian, Italy, New York City, Pizza, Restaurant Review on Jul 31st, 2007
We love New York-style pizza, but after returning from three weeks in Italy we really miss the ultra thin-crust personal pizzas we ate almost daily (with a liter of vino bianco frizzante) for lunch. So we decided to seek out a pizza as good as those we’d had abroad. Many places claim to sell Napolitano-style […]
Posted in America, culture, eating, England, Europe, Food Commentary, lunch on Jul 31st, 2007
Lunch is a tricky time for me and, I’m sure, many Americans, who enjoy good food, in a way that it isn’t for most Europeans, or at least, most southern Europeans. There is no place in American life for the leisurely two-hour, weekday lunch that many French, Italians and Spanish enjoy several times a week. […]
Posted in culture, Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, language, Pasta, tradition, tuscany on Jul 17th, 2007
Upon returning home from our recent wedding in Italy, our guests, like us, probably felt the bump of landing in several places – the legs and spine (from airplane travel) and the wallet (from the careless assumption that a euro is only worth a little more than a dollar). We also felt that bump in […]
Posted in cheese, Food Commentary, Italian, Italy, tuscany on Jun 8th, 2007
Food allergies are serious and must not be made fun of. Even my good self suffers from a, as yet unidentified form of food allergy, which makes my face and eyes swell to gigantic proportions. I first noticed it on Valentine’s Day two years ago when, shortly after enjoying my first (and last) plate of […]
Posted in alcohol, alcoholic drink, communications, culture, Food Commentary, holiday, Italian, Italy, tourism, tradition, travel, Tuscan, tuscany on Apr 26th, 2007
Ahead of our recent wedding in Italy, I penned this blog post because I wanted to write about Italian potables other than wine in the expectation that after a week of chianti, our wedding guests would be ready for something different. As it turned out, many became worryingly wine-dependent over the course of their stay […]
Posted in beans, Food Commentary, important details, Italian, Italy, tourism, tradition, travel, Tuscan, tuscany on Apr 13th, 2007
This post was originally written like several others on this blog, ahead of our 2007 nuptials in Tuscany. Now that you’ve come to terms with the fact that your eating and drinking might get in the way of some of your more ambitious sight-seeing goals in Italy, you might as well take a few minutes […]
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