One of Zuzana’s biggest desires for this Greece trip was to sample fresh seafood caught from the Mediterranean.  She had fantasies of restaurants all over Greece serving amazing dishes full of flavor and yet light on the stomach.  This fantasy isn’t too far from reality, but a tourist in Athens does need to do their [...]

I’m sure we’ve all had these moments.  I found a great recipe in a magazine for Shrimp Piccata, and I figured it would be worth a try.  I picked up some fresh shrimp, capers, lemon, and was all ready to make the dish, when I was hit with some finicky requests: No flour, no wine, [...]

Despite my comment on fusions back in the Shepherd’s Pie entry, I really don’t hate on anyone who does it. Pretty much everything creative in life came about from taking several ideas and fusing them into a new idea.  It’s like when you take eggs, flour, sugar, and milk, and end up with a beautiful cake.   [...]

I was flipping through my copy of Culinaria Italy, and early in the book the authors told of Friuli, a region up in Northern Italy. I read an interesting story of polenta and how it came to be in Friuli back in the 17th century. It was a tale of an oppressive Venetian government and [...]

This all started when I was watching an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, where Guy Fieri went to San Diego to visit a local spot called Blue Water. While the grilled fish sandwiches and fish tacos looked appealing, it wasn’t until they introduced their variation of what’s called Cioppino that I was drooling.