Some people consider that Portugal is the best-kept culinary secret in all of Europe. On certain days, when we look back with great longing at the freshest ingr...
Tourists use Naples, or Napoli in Italian, as a springboard to visit the Amalfi Coast or Pompeii. Yet, neglecting to visit Naples would be a serious mistake. An...
The culinary history of the Czech Republic is branded by war, invasions and hunger. Besides, like its capital, Prague, the country is at the crossroads of easte...
How many restaurants in Montreal can claim to have celebrated 25 years of existence? Le Saloon Bistro Bar (in the Village) can…and that’s a serious testament to...
ROME, Italy – Some fancy restaurants want to offer a prim and proper atmosphere. Some like to go over the top. Some fine-dining establishments make everything e...
ROME, Italy – When chef Oliver Glowig left hotel Aldrovandi Villa Borghese’s restaurant, Assaje, he took is Michelin star with him. The famous chef’s exit was n...
ROME, Italy - It was in the middle of service, during my visit at La Pergola in Rome, that chef Heinz Beck invited me to the kitchen to have a chat. Chef Beck, ...
ROME, Italy – Being treated to a wonderful fine dining restaurant is one thing. Being invited by one of the most iconic celebrity chefs out there – Heinz Beck –...
BALI, Indonesia – In a land where excellent two-dollar street food meals coexist with a few fancier, Western restaurants, what do travellers usually go for? Wel...
MUNICH, Germany - The majority of the grandiose, neo-baroque architecture of the city of Munich obviously did not survive the Second World War. Almost everythin...
