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Food Trucks Gone Wild: A Video Tour Of LA's Melrose Night
Dec 13th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
Care for a $5 ice cream sandwich made with fried chicken and waffle flavored ice cream and a gluten-free coconut almond cookie? Or how about some Hawaiian breakfast sliders, made with Portuguese sausage, sautéed onions, and Shoyu scrambled eggs on Hawaiian bread? Those of are just a couple of the tantalizing selections I noticed when I stumbled across Melrose Night in Los Angeles ...
Hong Kong To Host International Food And Wine Festival
Oct 14th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Hong Kong, a city that is already well known for its fantastic cuisine and amazing selection of wines, will extend its reputation for fine dining even further when it plays host to the 2012 American Express Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. The four-day event, which runs from November 1-4, will offer samplings of some of the finest foods from around the world, set against the stunning backdrop of ...A Guide To The Cuisine Of Bolivia
Jul 22nd, 2012 at 12:00PM: After returning from a recent trip to Bolivia, my friends and family had little to ask me about what I did or where I went. While they had heard of the precarious Death Road, the high altitude city of La Paz and the old mining town of Potosi, what they were really curious to know was what I had eaten.
The cuisine in Bolivia is characterized by the country's high altitude and Andean landscape, ...An introduction to the food and dining etiquette of Tohoku, Japan
Mar 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM: The Tohoku Region in Northeast Japan is comprised of six prefectures including Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata. It is an area of beautiful mountainous landscape, lively entertainment and, most importantly, a delicious food culture. Although the region endures a harsh climate, it still manages to produce some extraordinary cuisine.
Before visiting the area, it is important ...Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in all restaurants and bars
Jan 3rd, 2012 at 5:00PM: Thanks to a new law, visitors to Malaysia's capital city of Kuala Lumpur will be able to enjoy WiFi in all local restaurants and bars starting in April.
The New Straits Times reports that the law, passed yesterday, will make it mandatory for restaurants, cafes, pubs, bars, and clubs larger than 120 square meters in area to offer wireless Internet services free of charge, or for a reasonable ...Travel meets journalism at Roads and Kingdoms
Dec 20th, 2011 at 1:00PM:
Last month, writers Nathan Thornburgh (a contributing editor to TIME and recent guest of Fox News) and Matt Goulding (food & culture writer and author behind the Eat This, Not That! book series) launched a new website with the intriguing tagline: "Journalism, travel, food, murder, music. First stop: Burma." Combining on-the-spot reporting on current events and politics with in-depth cultural ...Down-home Dutch cooking in Amsterdam
Nov 24th, 2011 at 12:00PM: Dutch cooking isn't one of Europe's famous cuisines. Yet while it can't compete on the world stage with Italian or Spanish cuisine, Dutch cooking can been really good and travelers to The Netherlands shouldn't dismiss the culinary side of their trip. Here are three cheap to mid-priced restaurants that will make you appreciate Dutch cooking.
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This "city canteen" at Van Woustraat ...Expat fusion cuisine: combining foreign foods with favorites from home
Oct 14th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Part of the fun of traveling is trying new and exotic foods. Many travelers try to eat only locally and eschew the familiar, though eating at American chain restaurants abroad can be its own experience. But when you make a foreign country your home, you have to adapt your tastes and cooking to what's available locally while craving your favorites from home. I'm lucky enough to live in Istanbul ...Gotland, Sweden, comes to New York to promote culture and sustainable farming
Sep 29th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Can't make it over to Sweden's largest island? Lucky for you, Gotland is coming to New York.
From October 30-November 5,2011, Scandinavia House will hold an exhibition and event series titled "Gotland in New York" that will celebrate the beauty, culture, history, cuisine, and art of this island on the Baltic Sea.
The event is a collaborative initiative between the Swedish-American Chamber of ...Hiking in France's Basque Region
May 31st, 2011 at 2:00PM:
The Basque region straddles the border between northeastern Spain and southwestern France. For the past five days I've been hiking in Spain's Basque region, and today I and my group are crossing the border into France.
One of our Basque guides, Josu, says the culture on the other side of the border isn't as strong. While only 28% of Spanish Basques can speak Basque (Euskara), that number goes ...Hiking through Spain's Basque region
May 19th, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Most tourists who visit Spain stick to the central and southern parts of the country--Madrid, Granada, Seville, Barcelona, and the Costa del Sol. They generally skip the greener, more temperate north. If they head north at all, it's to stop in Bilbao in Spain's Basque region to see the Guggenheim.
Yet the Basque region has much more to offer. In Spain, it's an Autonomous Community, something ...Passeports Gastronomique eBook helps you avoid "nasty food"
Feb 9th, 2011 at 8:30AM: If you are a culinary disaster (like myself), you probably don't know your aloyau from your limaces. And lacking skills to read a foreign menu can be a pretty miserable experience.
A basic translation error could mean the difference between ordering a steak, or a plate full of friend lamb intestines.
Thankfully, there are tools on the market to aid in the dilemma of ordering the right food. ...French and Mexican food put on UNESCO heritage list
Nov 16th, 2010 at 1:30PM: Good news for fine dining: Mexican and French cuisine have made it onto UNESCO's list of Intangible World Heritage.
At a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, the UNESCO committee named several cultural practices as important for world heritage and in need of preservation, including Spanish flamenco and a dance called the huaconada performed by the Mito people in the Peruvian Andes.
The BBC report is ...Italian Cuisine in Rome: Made in China
Oct 18th, 2010 at 10:30AM: Compared to other capital cities, Rome doesn't have a lot of ethnic restaurants. But locals and tourists are happy to forgive the city for its lackluster cosmopolitan dining scene because Roman cuisine – especially in the last few years – has been placed in the culinary sancta sanctorum. (Just look at the mouthfuls of chefs who have opened up high-profile Roman restaurants in New York ...Round-the-world: Why Melbourne is the best city in the world, part two
Oct 4th, 2010 at 10:00AM:
There are lots of other arguments for Melbourne as the world's best city: museums, parks, open spaces; good bookstores. Add all these things to the list I began on Sunday, and soon these posts on Melbourne will begin to look like explicit promotional material. As much as I dig the city, this is certainly not my intention. So let me acknowledge that there are downsides to Melbourne. There is a ...Treme and the "Magic" Food of New Orleans
Apr 26th, 2010 at 10:00AM: The new HBO show Treme is getting a lot of attention. Not just because it is produced by David Simon, who brought us The Wire, which some TV critics (both professional and aspirants) have deemed the best TV show, ever; not just because America has a fascination with New Orleans, the closest city in the country that feels like the amusement parks we have come to confuse with reality; and not just ...Avoid eating cold dishes (especially in developing nations) - Dining out tip
Feb 20th, 2010 at 8:34AM: Having visited India several times in my life, I can confidently say that eating a cold dish is a one-way trip to the hospital. It's because food handling standards in some countries are not quite the same as in developed nations.
Foods to avoid include chilled sauces and desserts. It's actually a pretty easy tip to follow because most food is made hot and fresh. However, chilled foods are a ...Seven ways to explore the world without leaving home
Nov 27th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
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Travel can be an escape - a chance to get away from the stress of our daily lives - but it can also be much more. Travel is about exploring a destination (new or familiar), understanding and connecting with the local culture, and seeing how people in a ...A taste of Seoul, Korea: Three nights
Nov 5th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Korean food is hot! "Spicy" is probably the most prominent flavor in Korean cooking, but it's also a sign of the increasing popularity of Korean cuisine. Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone is talking about Korean food, from New York's superstar chef David Chang to the insanely popular Kogi food truck in Los Angeles. But for all the buzz Korean food is getting among eaters, many ...The Abbey Resort and Spa: A surprise foodie retreat in the Midwest
Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:00AM:
When you stay at a resort like The Abbey Resort and Spa on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, chances are that you'll eat many of your meals at the property's on-site restaurant. This can sometimes mean dining on uninspired dishes like rubbery "hotel chicken" or resigning yourself to the fact that you'll be spending a fortune on each meal in order to avoid heading offsite in search of better or cheaper ...
