You’d think someone that described themselves as a food snob would be above such pedestrian things as a chili cheese dog… but you’d be wrong.
The humble chili cheese dog is perhaps one of the tastiest foods ever invented. It basically falls into the same category as comfort food. Simple, yet packed with flavor. Better yet, [...]
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The vegetable/lettuce section of a supermarket or farmers market easily overwhelms me. All the various leaves end up blend into one another and have so many names that I usually end up staring blankly at a swatch of shades of green. Confused and lost, I used to simply walk to the washed/prepared lettuce, pick up [...] I admit, I am a bit of a food snob. I know the difference between salami and salumi. I have duck fat on hand for braising vegetables. I have fleur de sel on my counter… but I wasn’t always that way. These are the British M&M style candies, not those silly candy disks that go by the same name in the US. Why am I obsessed about these? Only because they are so much better than M&M’s. My “to eat” list whenever I go abroad is always a challenge to complete, but as long as I manage to cross a few off my list, I’m content. This list is usually a mad spattering of foods and always contains some kind of street food. Yesterday’s falafel is a perfect example, but a Döner [...] Here is another one of those things that you should try while in Paris: a falafel. I know, I know, it’s not the first, tenth, or even hundredth, thing that comes to mind when you think of French cuisine, but L’As du Falafel serves up the best falafel outside of the mid-east (and likely better [...] There is no better way to spend a casual evening in Paris than sipping wines in one of the many wine bars scattered through the city. Bubar is a cozy, hidden wine bar located near the Bastille, and it’s one of my favorites. Packed with old friends and locals in-the-know, the simple bar has a [...] After missing my opportunity to have crêpes in Nantes, I had to make up for it in Paris. Easy enough to do, some of the best crêpes in Paris can be found at La Crêperie Bretonne near Gare Montparnasse. This little restaurant makes traditional savory galettes and sweet crêpes. For those that don’t know: Raw Beef + Raw Egg = Steak Tartare Everyone arrives in Paris with a list of foods to try. While things like pastries, breads, chocolate, crêpes, foie gras, and steak frites (the list goes on…) are on most peoples’ list, cheese and wine normally get a spot high up there. I definitely make a point to eat as much cheese as I can [...] |
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