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Listing articles 106 to 120 of all 261 articles  Most popular articles first. Sort by: Popularity ¦ Date ¦ Tags  Ultimate Speck
Proper Speck, a cult Tyrolian dried and smoked pork meat, can only be found in a narrow corner of Val d'Ultimo, in Italy. Probably the best dried meat on earth, and you can't really buy it. But let me show you how it's made.  Snails Have Seven Lives at L'Escargot Montorgueil
Just how many lives does a snail have? Seven, at L'Escargot Montorgueil, Paris' premier snail restaurant, where your shell might have served many guests.  Japanese Culinary Artifacts
A glimpse at the motley cornucopia of Japanese cookware and confectionery I brought back from my last trip.  Salama da sugo
This medieval Italian sausage from Ferrara nearly made me pass out.  My First Video
For my first video I show you how to bake a simple but original and highly colorful cake using French almonds with a long pedigree: praslines.  I Made My Own Macaronis From Scratch
How do they make the hole in the maccheroni? I had thought about it long and hard only to conclude you just can't make tubular pasta at home. I was wrong - see how I made my first batch of macaronis!  Paris Truffle Dinners
Hoping the financial crisis will at least do something good and bring truffle prices down from their stratospheric heights, I show you how they eat truffles in Paris.  French castle Expedition
A reader invited me to stay at his castle at Hattonchatel near Verdun in France. I went last week-end to cook extraordinary medieval dishes in the castle - see what's coming next in my 7-article-serie!  Toothless Nawab Kebab
In Lucknow, kebabs are meat patties delicately flavored with spices and fried in clarified butter on a large tray. Here is one so soft you don't need your teeth to eat it. Honest!  Pasta for the Sopranos
How I convinced Switzerland's top custom installer to come and fix my home cinema the next day with a promise of homemade maccheroni with real Neapolitan ragł.  A night at the Liboson
A memorable fondue in an over-the-top dungeon chalet straight out of a Hammer film. Our host, Paul du Marchie, has been building an architectural fantasy in the middle of the woods for the last 50 years. Dont' miss my eight 360° panoramas!  May I eat your shrimp shells?
Shrimp shells are served as crispy appetizers in Japan. You can buy tiny dried whole crabs to use as peanuts. I was coerced into trying and will be back for more!  Serious French Cottage Pie
Hachis Parmentier is French confort food at its best - slowly prepared over 3 days. Spend 3 minutes to see how it's done.  Cheese and Wine Soup
A robust Swiss soup based on Alp cheese and Fendant white wine to warm you up during the cold months.  Japanese Green Tea
I am back from Japan with a first article about green tea in Tokyo. |
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