Burritos in Burgundy? Let Me Start with Mexico The closest California comes to Burgundy, where the overriding French sensibility towards wine and food permeates the consciousness of just about everyone, is Napa Valley. How ironic then that this famed wine producing region with its exquisite Cabernets and world-class restaurants is … Read more
Eating in India – The Spice Trade Saying you like Indian food is the same as saying you like European food. Within Europe, you have French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, and Scandinavian cuisines. Within India, the range of cuisines is enormous and includes, but is not limited … Read more
Less is More You’ve had sushi, tempura, yakitori, and udon, but if you really want to eat like the Japanese, it’s time you tried kaiseki. Kaiseki is a kanji word that means, “stone in the bosom,” and refers to a centuries old practice that the Buddhist monks followed in the … Read more
Eating in New York City Daniel Hype in New York often trumps reality. No place on earth can brainwash people into thinking that the show, the art, the exhibit, the performance, or…the food is better than what you sense. It’s like Harpo Marx and Richard Pryor said: “Who you … Read more
It’s the Top – Banking on Swiss Cuisine Fondue, raclette, and cured, air-dried meats … to outsiders Switzerland might seem to be a backwater place when it comes to culinary matters. Way off the mark because it’s not just about the meat and the cheese. In terms of quality, … Read more
The Ivy League usually calls to mind beautiful campuses, extra smart students, gothic architecture, and astronomical tuition prices, but the students that attend these eight schools in the northeast are also part of their surrounding communities. The cities differ widely from each other, but they all influence and contribute to … Read more
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Perhaps there is something more to breakfast that just proper nutrition, however. No wonder then that different cultures around the world interpret this meal differently, from “smorgas” in Scandinavia to banh mi in Vietnam. TheDailyMeal.com and its’ editor Nicole Campoy-Leffler … Read more