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Cooking Around the World: Aromatic Singapore Curry Laksa

Cooking Around the World: Aromatic Singapore Curry Laksa

If you like to travel around Asia then you will probably be familiar with some of best dishes on offer. A dish that has proved popular across the board, and particularly in Singapore is mouthwatering Laksa. Laksa is a tantalising spicy noodle dish that is a favourite with the locals in Singapore. It is served [...]

Little Italy in the Bronx: Magical Realism, Historical Fiction and Food

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You can have your great debates over what little Italy is the best little Italy (I’ve been to many, and they are ALL wonderful!) You can have your fist fights over New York versus New Haven pizza (I have loyalties here, so I can’t comment). Only, there’s one Little Italy that stands apart.

Five Foodie Stops Chicago Travelers Won’t Want to Miss

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Chicago is a food lovers’ paradise. Known for deep-dish pizzas, Chicago-style hot dogs, polish foods and steaks, the restaurants in this city are all striving to be the best. On top of the heavy competition for title of “best deep-dish pizza in Chicago” though, many restaurants have popped up and become destinations of their own, [...]

Brodetto alla Vastese: Fish Soup from Abruzzo, Italy

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Travel anywhere along the Adriatic Coast and you cannot ignore the traditional fish cuisine. Each locality has its own speciality such as stuffed mussels and stuffed squid, pasta with clams, fried fish, pasta and chickpeas, seafood soup and so on. Not least, the Gulf of Vasto, where many dishes are still prepared by local mums in the traditional way.

French Cheese 101

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When I first moved to France, one of the first questions people would ask me was, “Why?” To me it seemed an odd question – “Why not?” I always wanted to answer. But I didn’t. Instead, I came up with a flippant answer, far from the full truth, but definitely an influential and attractive aspect of the country: “For the cheese.”

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