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Copenhagen Cafes: A Guide to the City’s Specialty Scene
The one thing I look forward to when I visit Copenhagen is the cafe scene. The Danish capital is known as the one place where hygge and specialty coffee coexist, and it’s all about slow mornings and communal tables, without the rush. Why Copenhagen’s Café Culture Stands Out Copenhagen is...
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We Need to Talk about Rijsttafel: Top 5 Indonesian Restaurants
This post was originally published in 2016 and was updated in November, 2017. The Netherlands’ colonial history means that its Indonesian and Surinamese cuisine scene is arguably more vibrant than its traditional Dutch food roots (although the latter, too, are enjoying a bit of a comeback lately). Holland’s long and...
6 Places to Eat in Prague That You Wouldn’t Just Stumble Across
Finding food when traveling can be challenging. So many tourist places huddle around the big sites, just interested in money for subpar food. The good places don’t have to advertise, so they easily slip under the bewildered traveler’s radar. My husband, Andy, and I spent 3 days in Prague this summer....
Sotto casa literally translates to “under my/your house”, but would loosely translate to “the corner store”. It refers to those places that are a stone’s throw away from where you live, so your ristorante sotto casa is your go-to, neighborhood restaurant. It might be on the ground floor of your...
10 Delicious Reasons to Try Traditional Danish Cuisine
In the past decade, Danish foods have grown increasingly associated with so-called New Nordic cuisine, a movement born with the 2003 opening of Noma in Copenhagen and characterized by its modern spin on ultra-local, seasonal ingredients. This is not a bad thing, of course, but it paints an uneven picture...
Top Venice Tours, from Food to Photos to Fishing!
Visiting Venice means a unique, wonderful and never-forgotten experience; and to get the full effect of this open-air museum you need to see it in all its aspects and points of interest, especially from the water. Even if you already know the city, the Venetian magic will captivate you all...
20 of Eating Europe’s Favorite Chefs from across Europe
What makes a chef popular or one of our “favorites”? This wasn’t such an easy list to compile. Sure, I could list top restaurants or chefs that have achieved the much coveted Michelin star, but this rating doesn’t necessarily make a chef popular or loved. Over recent years, television has...
An Essential Guide to Burčák in Prague
Mid-August is the start of burčák season in the Czech Republic. Burčák is the young “wine” that separates from the crop as it’s pressed, and purists say that authentic burčák can only be consumed in the two-hour window following, when the sugar and alcohol are in perfect balance. Somewhat of...
Truffles: A Foodie’s Guide to the Diamonds of the Kitchen
The 19th century French gourmet Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffles “the diamonds of the kitchen”. And, to this day, most foodies would agree that nothing says culinary status symbol quite like adding a shaving or two of these pungent yet aromatic “underground mushrooms” to a dish. Since Italy is home to...
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