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...

Dining & Cuisine - Essential Articles

18/10/2009 Hungary: A nation of goulash gluttons learns fine cuisine

Hungary's restaurant scene has started to emerge from the sea of goulash and heaps of deep-fried pork that make tourists worry about their waistline.

28/09/2009 The manga that poured French wine into Asia

In the cobblestone square of Bages, a tiny village in the Medoc wine country, a dozen influential Bordeaux vintners dressed in flowing red robes gathered for an unlikely event.

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.’

17/10/2009 Poland's Tatra highlanders make 'Oscypek' the old fashioned way

The famed Polish sheep’s cheese, made by hand with wooden tools, was on the verge of extinction until the country ascertained the right to make it using traditional methods.

07/09/2009 French cheesemaker climbs the Himalayas

Dairy cows French expat Francois Driard runs a dairy farm in the Himalayas, producing cheeses using traditional methods from the French Alps.

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.

11/10/2009 The manga that poured French wine into Asia

A new, phenomenally successful manga series has brought wine to subway commuters across Asia, sparking a wine boom.

06/09/2009 Hong Kong fast food king thrives in downturn

As restaurants across the world close due to the tight economic times, Michael Chan has managed to grown his fast food business. His secret? Reinvention.