Food, cooking, and travel
One of the reasons I like spring is that it gives us two occasions to celebrate cuisines that have contributed to our collective taste memories – St. Patrick’s Day and Easter. For the last several years, I’ve been exploring the differences between Irish and Irish-American …
There is a commonly held view that French cooking is fancy. Images of court banquets at Versailles, Marie Antionette’s recommendations to eat cake, famous chefs like Escoffier and Paul Bocuse, and three star Michelin restaurants create a convention that French food is dependent upon exquisite …
