European cuisine

European cuisine

Eating the local food is one of the most important ways to experience local culture. After all, you’ll be eating it every day –although you may want to avoid some of the local delicacies in European cuisine. Dutch raw Herring for instance, doesn’t go down as a treat with all expats! But, especially if you live in a major city, international cuisine serving expat food is readily available. You may find it strange that the Dutch...

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08/03/2010 Mix with other singles over a mouthwatering dinner in Amsterdam on 17 April

On Saturday, 17 April, Expatica is organising a Dinner Mixer, where we will wine and dine a group of singles who share a passion for food and wine.

21/12/2009 Time-honoured recipes for seasonal treats

December conjures up images of Christmas cakes, mulled wine and cranberry sauce for Paola Duque-Westbeek, who shows us how to tickle the taste-buds of friends and family.

19/06/2009 Grape expectations in the Southern Rhone Valley

In her highly informative and entertaining website provencepost.com, Julie Mautner trawls the country and beyond for food and travel gems.

17/05/2009 Studying Gastronomy, Basque style

The Basque Culinary Centre aims to ‘guarantee the durability of Basque cuisine as a centre of haute cuisine and innovation in the future.’

20/02/2010 Insects for dinner... but not as guests

Insects as food: for many people in the West, it’s something they’ve neither tried to eat nor want to think about eating.

09/12/2009 Bordeaux banks on biodiversity

It was a crisp autumn day in the vineyards of Saint Emilion, the vines asleep for the winter, as winegrowers, scientists and children planted hedges to create habitats for mites needed to prey on vine pests.

22/03/2009 Turning pork-gobbling Czechs into eco-gourmets

A famous French chef is daring to do the seemingly impossible: to get Czechs to eat healthy, organic food.

13/10/2008 Spain's gastronomic revolution turns cuisine into art

Avant-garde chefs in Spain live by the mantra of irony, surprise and provocation when it comes to food.

25/01/2010 Taiwan whisky beats Scotch in blind taste test

Whisky tumblers A Taiwan-distilled whisky came top in a test against one English and three Scottish whiskies, in a "piece of mischief-making" inspired by the launch of an English whisky last November.

17/11/2009 Food from home in Belgium

As part of our extensive Survival Guide to living and working in Belgium, here is our list of places where you can stock up on the tastes and smells of home.