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Our Favorite British and Irish Crisps, Candies, and Other Snacks
You have to hand it to the British Isles—they really appreciate their snacks. St. Paddy's had us thinking about McVitie's Hobnobs and Tayto's cheese and onion crisps, which reminded us of all the British snacky foods as well. Here are 11 of our favorite munchable treats from across the pond.Another Kind of Irish Breakfast: Queen of Tarts in Dublin
A full Irish breakfast may come with eggs, rashers, and white pudding, but my personal favorite Irish breakfast—and, in truth, one of my favorite breakfasts anywhere—is of a slightly sweeter nature, found at the Queen of Tarts in Dublin. While there's truly nothing bad on the menu (and I've tasted everything), I'm happiest with a massive, buttery raspberry scone, served with a dainty pot of jam, or just a thick, buttered slice of the house-baked brown bread.Riding the Eurostar for the Food
"The menu fit in perfectly with my ideal of old-fashioned romantic trains." [Flickr: takaki] You know how you’re supposed to book your ticket in advance when vacationing? Way in advance? To pay less? I have a terrible confession—I wait. Well, I wait, on purpose, when I am traveling from London to Paris. [Other photographs: Kerry Saretsky] I wait, just long enough, because I play a game with myself. At a certain point on the Eurostar, the lowest fare tickets will soar in price but the leisure class stays the same, quite low in fact—only a couple of pounds more than the economy. That’s when I buy. Because, truth be told, of the food. I suppose being born in the 1980s...Serious Cheese: France to Sponsor Wine and Cheese Parties
Photograph from neoterra on Flickr Leave it to the French to spend their hard-earned tax dollars sponsoring wine and cheese parties here in the U.S and around the world. Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the French government, along with a handful of wine and cheese producers, is spending over $2 million to sponsor these parties in order to "show that French cuisine can be relaxed." If you want a chance to have the French pay you to throw a party, head on over to the contest form at houseparty.com. One thousand winners will get a 15 percent discount on certain French wines and receive a free gift when ordering French cheeses from specified websites. Okay, so...Snapshots from Italy: Piedmont's Magic Wine
I've always had a fascination with the way some people obsess with the notion of matching wine with food. During one memorable discussion long ago, I was told that lobster and wine don't really go together because the claws and tail call for different wines. Not everybody thinks this way and several recent meals in Italy's Piedmont region seemed to prove the point. Cooking bollito misto. As so often happens in places where there's a long and historic wine tradition, the Piemontese don't really bother with wine matching at all. Instead, they choose a bottle—often one that brings up fond memories—and drink it with everything. This attitude was on proud display at a food festival in the small Alpine...U.S.-Bound Spanish Iberico Pata Negra Hams to Lose Black Hooves, Cost Double
Black-hooved Iberico pigs in Spain. Photograph from Shoes on Wires on Flickr About a year ago, Iberico hams, the most gourmet of Spanish piggies, were first sold in the United States. They arrived with black hooves on—a symbol of Spanish hospitality and a guarantee of Iberico authenticity. Now after a USDA ruling effective January 2009, all hams will arrive "pata negra sin pata" (without the telltale black hoof). To make it worse, the ruling added a punitive 100 percent tariff on all bone-in Iberico hams, which will double the price of any delivered after March 2009. So one of these ridiculously expensive (and seriously delicious) $1,400 hams will now set you back $2,800. Talk about starting the year off...Super Designer-y MPREIS Supermarket
Photographs from mpreis.com Believe it or not, that's a supermarket at top. It's one of the handful of Austria-based MPREIS stores. More at Cool Hunting....Olive Oil Demand Creates Water Shortages in Europe
Photograph by roboppy on Flickr. Aggressive olive farming techniques for cheap, mass-produced olive oil now means extreme water shortages in Italy, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. Farms that produce the low-priced oils are driving out the small olive farmers who produce the quality goods—and are also leading to other "serious environmental problems" such as soil erosion. Inappropriate weed-control and soil control, combined with the inherently high risk of erosion in many olive-farming areas, is leading to desertification on a wide scale in some of the main producing regions. If these irresponsible farming methods continue, we might be demanding for butter instead of olive oil at our favorite restaurants....Snapshots from Italy: Pan Frutto Ciociaro
When it comes to finding local food treasures, ask for a taste of the product or dish that the proprietors are most proud of—what's most traditional, what's made with the best local ingredients. At Pasticceria Battisti, my question was answered with a slice of their signature cake, pan frutto.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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