A beautiful post on the Flickr Blog has an assortment of pictures of spices from around the world. It’s worth a view. I am particularly impressed by these spice displays – they look too perfect to be real.
Posts Tagged as ‘worldwide’
September 2, 2009
The Heartbrand
You’ve probably seen these heart logos on a box of ice cream before, weather in the US or abroad. The iconic shape, introduced only a decade ago, is Unilever’s Heartbrand. I never really realized the reach of the Heartbrand until I was in Spain, and saw ‘heartbranded’ ice cream stalls all up and down the [...]
January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Everyone! In honor of 2009 – here are some global food traditions. According to Epicurious, some particularly auspicious foodgroups from around the world include: grapes, greens, fish, pork, legumes, and cakes. Sustainable table has even more good luck food traditions, including eating twelve grapes at midnight in Latin America and Spain, lentils [...]
December 22, 2008
Holiday Food
So we know about German Stollen and Italian Panettone – but there are so many other holiday foods from around the world that we never knew about. As ausual, Wikipedia provides a treaure trove of information about international and American holiday foods. It’s fun to explore. We have definitely not heard of some of these [...]
June 6, 2008
Cheap Eats
The latest Issue of Time Out Chicago has arrived and we are psyched! There is a special feature that follows 7 chefs around their favorite ethnic enclaves in Chicago. The chefs take trips to Pilsen for Mexican, Devon for Indian and Pakistani, Argyle for Vietnamese, Kedzie Ave. for Middle-Eastern, Harlem Ave. for Italian, Chinatown and [...]
January 12, 2008
2007 ETW Awards
Our 2007 culinary adventure now over, it’s time to take a look back at our “best-of” picks for the past 365 days:
Best Overall Dining Experience
Au Village
86 Avenue Parmentier 75011
Paris, France
Exquisitely prepared, inexpensive Senegalese fare served in a cramped, eclectic, and vibrant environment. It was packed with locals, yet we felt like regulars as soon as [...]
November 27, 2007
FTC: Teas all over the world
{{photo: Wall of Teapots at Mariage Frères, Paris}}
Teas in our cabinets right now: did we mention we love tea? favorites have *
