Category: Food

Catching Mediterranean sardines for lunch

A small wooden shed holds nets that are lowered  into the sea to catch sardines near the mouth of the Po River off Ravenna, Italy. Maybe it’s my Norwegian heritage or perhaps...

Previewing new Mentor Melt

I’m pretty sure the crowds won’t allow me to get near the new Melt Bar & Grilled after it opens Friday. So I’m glad I was invited to a preview of the...

A fresh look at Baltimore

It’s funny how you can come to a town to visit relatives and think you know it  but come back for another purpose and discover  lots more you didn’t know. That’s how...

One mushroom lover to another

Here’s an Associated Press story I just had to share: For $200 a person, the Four Seasons Resort Vail is sending out guided expeditions in luxury SUVs to look for mushrooms. The...

Fontfroide Abbaye- dine where monks prayed

In the foothills of the Corbières mountains of the Aude department in the South of France is the Abbaye Fontfroide, which was founded by Benedictine monks in 1093 but is now restored...

Twitter tasting Thursday

A wine tasting sponsored by Whole Foods Market is set for Thursday and those taking part will tweet their responses to the wines and the foods they think will go best with...

Orgasms on every page, she writes

John Palmer’s Bistro 44 has a new take on book talk. It’s a party at 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss Fifty Shades of Grey, the runaway best seller by first time author...

Nantes Loire location shapes its food

This fish monger’s stall was one of the busiest early on a Wednesday morning at Nantes’ Talensac Market. The food of Nantes, once at the Atlantic Ocean mouth of France’s Loire River,...