Pickle Deli Square

Jul 28

Jul 28 Best of Rome Eats: ice desserts

When in Rome... GELATO! I was lucky enough to try a bunch of different gelaterias, and one coffee shop that serves granita di caffe, or granita made from coffee...

Jul 26

Jul 26 Best of Rome Eats: bread

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Food

Aah, the memories of the bread in Rome. So simple, and economical too...

Jul 18

Jul 18 Best of Rome Eats: Dinner at Dino and Toni's

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Food

Dinner at Dino and Toni's was so memorable, it deserves a post all on its own...

May 23

May 23 McDecor: swish in Berlin

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Food

At Berlin Hauptbahnhof, I went to McDonald's for breakfast before getting on my train back to Eindhoven...

May 23

May 23 Berlin Eats: Rogacki

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Food

I paid a visit to the restaurant Rogacki, based on recommendations from both David Lebovitz, and the NY Times as a really "German" place to eat...

May 20

May 20 Berlin Eats: pastries galore

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Food

When I think of pastries, the first thing that comes to mind is "France." But during my time in Berlin, I realized that a lot of pastries that we consider to be "normal" in America, like streusels and strudels, are actually German...

May 20

May 20 Berlin Eats: non-European food

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Food

One of my favorite aspects about Berlin was the availability of non-European food, at restaurants that people frequent, and at reasonable prices...

May 20

May 20 Berlin Eats: currywurst

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Food

The one thing that everyone says one must try when going to Berlin is currywurst...

May 19

May 19 Stockmann Bakery, Daily

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Food

I was in Helsinki for three days, and each day I had some excuse to try out the pastries at Stockmann department store...

May 19

May 19 Dutch White Asparagus Tips from NY Times

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Food

Learning more about white asparagus...

May 19

May 19 Helsinki Eats: Loft restaurant

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Food

We had been walking around rainy Helsinki for a while, looking for a place to eat lunch...

May 19

May 19 Finland McDonald's - green food

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Food

Every country I go to, I like to visit McDonald's to see what menu items might be unique to that country...

May 9

May 9 Asparagus

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Food

Asparagus is one of the main events of spring, and the Dutch people take asparagus really seriously...

May 6

May 6 Dutch-inflected McDonald's

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Food

This winter, McDonald's had special "winter weeks" featuring rookworst (smoked sausage, very Dutch), stroopwafel McFlurry (McFlurry with caramel-laced cinnamon-y cookie pieces), and three different kinds of burgers representing different cities of the Netherlands...

Mar 29

Mar 29 Tiniest Celery

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Food

Later, I was at the Saturday Market at my usual vegetable seller's stall, and I noticed that they had selderij...

Mar 12

Mar 12 De Distilleerketel Windmill, Rotterdam

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Netherlands, Food

Buying flour from an actual, working Dutch windmill!

Feb 22

Feb 22 NY Eats: bakery roundup

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Food

On this trip to New York, I had the good fortune to try a few well-known bakeries, including Bouchon Bakery and Momofuku Milk Bar...

Feb 22

Feb 22 NY Eats: Fried Chicken mini-roundup

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Food

I had the urge to try a couple different fried chicken places...

Feb 20

Feb 20 Breakfast at Chipotle

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Food

Prior to my trip back to the US, I had already planned on going to the Chipotle inside Washington-Dulles airport to eat breakfast. This is the ONLY Chipotle location in the world to serve breakfast...

Jan 6

Jan 6 "Fancy" Restaurants: San Diego

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Food

Casual restaurants like the eateries on Convoy or Souplantation are my favorite places to go in San Diego, but this trip afforded the opportunity to try out a couple fancy pants restaurants...