Turtle Bread is everything I love about middle America: a happy, smiley place that specializes in something and does it well. As much as I secretly (or not so secretly) adore the…
Category: Restaurant Reviews
Steak-Frites
Yesterday, I addressed tapas, the traditional Spanish taster item that allows socializing at the bar to last well into the evening. Tapas have evolved from a mere bar snack to something gourmet:…
Txapela
I am one of those people who, when in a restaurant, often ends up choosing at the last minute. Yeah… “Can you come to me last?” That’s me. I know it’s annoying…
Paella… Again
I wrote once before about paella, a while back, but I have to do it once more, mostly because paella in Mallorca, just as it is vastly different from the version my…
Accidental Hedonist
The Canadian loves paella. Check it out at the Accidental Hedonist!
Gambas Diavolo
If you hadn’t guessed it yet… I’m a little bit of a travel-o-holic. Not only is my ideal job to be a travel journalist (journalism school… my new job at wCities…), but…
Le Serpent Qui Danse
I’ve been given the official go-ahead that it’s safe to tell you about my new job! I now work for a site called wcities.com, where I write Paris restaurant reviews. In honor…
Soup
More than any other time of year, I feel like winter screams for a certain kind of food, and that food is made in a deep stock pot. Winter is soup time….
London Calling
English food has gotten a bad rap. Sure, Nigella Lawson and Jamie Kennedy have started to right this wrong, but whereas people go to Paris to try some of the traditional bistro…
L’Entrecôte
SCENE: Evening. You are seated at a long wooden table at a small, intimate restaurant in Paris, illuminated only by candlelight, waiting patiently for the waitress to arrive. “How would you like…