What’s in a name: Italian eateries
Traveling through Italy, you will notice a wealth of words describing places to eat. I was wondering what the difference between osteria and trattoria is, and compiled a list of definitions for Italian eateries. Ristorante Ristorante is the easiest one: it's Italian
5 Ingredients to Bologna Food
What do you know about Bologna food? I've just been to the city and here's what I've discovered. 1. Sauce Bolognese doesn't exist The first thing that comes to mind when connecting Bologna and food is the world's favorite spaghetti sauce: sauce
Holy French Crepe!
The French crepe is a food that most people can agree on because it is so versatile. This skinny cousin of the pancake can be filled with the sweet or savory fillings your heart desires and makes an ideal street food to eat on the go as
Travel & food stories: Baked oysters
In this last part of my short oyster series I'll tell you about baked oysters -- for all of you who can't bear the thought of eating a raw oyster and who simply want to shake things up a
Travel & food stories: Île d’Aix Oysters
We went to Île d'Aix, a small island, perched between famous Île de Ré in the North and Île d'Oléron on an oyster fisher boat. The guy was a friend of Sophie's and renting the oyster farm that Sophie's family once
Travel & food stories: Oléron Oysters
Oléron oysters is about how a bad night turned
Travel & food stories: Grenouille & escargots – the one where I eat frog and snails, two French classics
All the way to Lyon I had seen the signs by the side of the road: “Snail Farm”, I had seen the restaurants where one could eat frog and snails. So when I finally had a night out I wanted
Travel & food stories: The Falafel Man
This is the story of the Falafel Man, a humble man selling the most delicious falafel I've ever tasted in a side street in Luxor. We arrived in Luxor on a cruise boat from Aswan. Our host there not only had
Travel & food stories: Acciuga alla siciliana — When I ate whole fish from Catania Fish Market
The whiff in the air gives it away before I see it. When I find the steps down to the Catania Fish Market market on the Italian island of Sicily, it is almost noon. In the upper part, next to the
Rome — Tipps & Tricks for your visit
The first settlers came here more than 14,000 years ago. But since Rome was founded -- as legend will have it on 21 April 753 B.C. by the brothers Romulus and Remus who had been drinking from a she-wolf as