Gourmet

Cafes of Turin - chocolate capital of the world – were the places where high politics and business were built up.

Almost all European celebrities visited restaurant «Rules» that exists already more than 200 years and its private rooms still remember dates of royal persons.

Judging by the sculptures and images on frescos, one can say for sure: ancient Egyptians ate rather well — you won’t find any cachectic people. But what did they eat? Investigation has turned out almost into detective story.

Local cafes remember Lorca and Banderas, and the city has shared its name with the world famous wine.

Our fellow traveller across Loire shall be brilliant Francois Rable and his characters — drunkards, gluttons, idlers and jester. « Have you ever happened to uncork a bottle? Damn it! Just remember, what pleasant feelings you experienced at this process… ». Shall we uncork it?

We involve all sense organs when cognizing any country, and tasting it is far from being the last thing. Especially, if you are in Italy, where each region hides its treasures for a gourmet. Great Dante would hardly understand us since his nostalgia had explicit gastronomic principle.

Where crayfish spend winter is not really clear, but obviously the majority spend the heat of summer in Scandinavia. It’s crayfish that force the Finns living abroad, quit everything and rush back home, and it’s crayfish that provide work for light industry of Finland.

If we study the history we’ll find out, that soft cheeses appeared in the world owing to Greeks, — techniques for cheese manufacturing with transparent evidence have already been described in Homeric «Odyssey», and since then those techniques, basically, have remained unchanged. Except for sheer subtleties that influence the final result.

Let us set off to improvised dinner, where we’ll try to cover at least the best of what national cuisine of Croatia accumulated during millennia, when numerous nations inhabited the country, melting their traditions in one pot.

Let's commit a culinary excursion across Florence that keeps traditions of Medici family, whose court dinners were famous for refinement of manners and dishes from qualitative natural products prepared according to Tuscan folk recipes.

Porridge for breakfast, five-o’clock tea, fish-and-chips with beer… One can think that English people do not eat normal food at all. It’s unlikely so. What else besides these axiomatic traditions do we know about English cuisine?

Kashrut — system of ritual rules that determine correspondence to the requirements of Jewish law. And there are a lot of rules — 613, including strict food duties. Since we are already in Israel, it is worth to at least briefly get to know them.

Journey through the Pyrenean peninsula can simply turn into gastronomical adventure — Spanish cuisine is so diverse. But we’ll be a bit cunning. Madrid un poquito absorbed the culinary traditions of all provinces, therefore it is possible to taste them simply walking around the capital. The main thing — you should know the places to visit!