I know, these recipes I put on line with my travel stories are supposed to be from the region, but hey, it’s made with cheddar –...

You know, since Croatia is such a long strung-out country, every region lays claim to the National Dish, but since we are visiting...

Can’t write a story about Belgium and NOT include a recipe on its National Dish. The recipe really shouldn’t work – it would go so much...

Desserts don’t get much French-er than Crêpe Suzette. The story goes that an assistant waiter, Henri Charpentier accidentally invented...

“Lángos Are the Hungarian Street Food You Didn’t Know You Needed!”. This is the perfect hearty snack for when it’s cold or when it is...

“Once you've tried this easy pizza dough recipe, you'll never look back (trust me) ”…he said… Ok, so the blog post is about Rome etc, and...

If you are a chilihead, you know about the International Chili Society, which sanctions and holds USA-wide chili cook-offs all year long,...

Sweet Raspberries, Whipped Cream flavoured with Honey and Whisky and toasted Oatmeal – what could be more yummy – a gourmet dessert....

If you have read the story about Tuscany in the Travel section, you will recall the pici pasta and meat sauce that I raved over – so...

Wiener Schnitzel is one of Austria's most traditional and representative dishes. The story goes that a gourmand Austrian field marshal,...

Cortijera Soup is an exceptional recipe for when autumn arrives and it starts to get cold. A stick-to-the-ribs kind of traditional...

Gulyásleves originates from a dish cooked by the cattlemen (Hungarian: gulya = cattle herd, gulyás = cattle herder), who tended their...

A couple of stories back, I wrote about our trip to the Cinque Terre in Italy. Well, it was in our B&B that we had the most delicious...

You’ll remember this dish from our wonderful lunch at a small Normandy village restaurant: Le Lion d’Or. This picture features duck...

In keeping with the Caribbean theme for this posting, have a look at this fantastic recipe and method for this classic Jamaican dish....

The Prepared Pantry claims that Sticky Toffee Pudding is the most popular dessert in the world, having reached its way all around the...

The first time we had this tapas was some years ago in Barcelona, and since then we have learned that it is a staple in Spanish homes....

… a type of lizard – a basilisk – you see frequently running across the street on its hind legs at some speed in Roatan. The Roatan...

This was our first dish at Balmaha when we hiked the West Highland Way. There was nothing more satisfying than a bowl of this soup after...

I know, I know, yet another travel story about wines and vineyards. You have read stories about the great wine regions of France, Italy,...