Around the world, one dish at a time.
“What is balsamic vinegar?” Well, this staple of international food culture comes (all but the very worst of it) from the region around Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, where it is a local obsession. Think fillet steak in a balsamic sauce (filetto di manzo all’aceto balsamico), …
Asian noodle soups are one of the great joys of travelling South-East Asia – and, for that matter, Asia as a whole. Cultures as far afield as Tibet and Japan have their own unique noodle soups, and in many parts of Asia, the noodle soup …
In The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Edmund is tempted to the dark side with the aid of a bowl of Turkish Delight — just the plain ole rose-flavoured, sugar-coated variant. In Bulgaria, part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire for over five centuries, they …