Gourmet

Швейцарцы очень любят поесть. А еще больше они любят заботиться о своем здоровье, поэтому стараются питаться правильно и соблюдать распорядок дня...

В высокий сезон на берегах Гарды работает примерно 220 ресторанов, тратторий, пабов и пиано-баров. Наиболее примечательно из них заведение с характерным названием Capriccio, которое может похвастаться мишленовской звездой и очаровательной владелицей…

The most important in Indian cuisine - aspiration for harmony when the meal pleases not only body, but also soul. This way think the amateurs. And their opponents consider Indian dishes fat, heavy and spicy. It turns out, whatever camp you join, gastronomic adventure is provided.

The winemaking in Israel dates back to the bible times. It’s already an ancient tradition among Jews to celebrate Sabbath by a celebratory meal in which the main elements must be bread, fish and meat dishes and, certainly, wine. Today Israeli wine is considered to be one of the best in the world. Welcome to tasting!

First impression that will surprise visitors of Eternal city - that typical Roman cuisine - «meal of poor people». The pride of the classical local menu - dishes from entrails, bull tails and other offal, as well as vegetables for all tastes and color. The meal is simple but the way it’s cooked and served is incredible!

Is it possible to treat cuisine seriously if it’s main achievement is a sandwich (in Danish - Smorrebrod)? And how is it possible to treat country without a piety if one of its restaurants is recognized as the best in the world?..

Greece's taste is composed of fresh vegetables, fruit and, certainly, olives. To enjoy this variety, it is not necessary to visit an expensive restaurant...

If it is true that national cuisine - is a key to understanding of the country, Japan has almost ceased to be a secret for us. Almost ceased…

What will Venice treat travelers with? Frutti di mare, a cocktail "Bellini" and other pleasures of true gourmets.…

National components of public catering in London make one think, that international hits - pizza, pasta and hamburgers - have finally supplante dishes of traditional Britain cuisine. But the situation is absolutely different in province. There we went to taste original English meal …

Lombardy is ahead of the rest Italian regions in many points. Banks and headquarters of international corporations, designers showcases and luxurious fashion shows, Alfa Romeo, Pirelli skyscraper and La Scala - they created a story about region with the biggest population density in the country and the highest living standard ...

In comparison to gastronomic phantasies of Madrid, Asturias, Valencia, Andalusia and Basque Provinces cuisine of Iberian peninsula looks very modest, but nevertheless quite interesting...

Streams of wine, olive trees and the sea full of fish, oranges-tomatoes, artichokes and mafia. It is almost impossible to list everything what Sicily has. As far as dolce vita, Sicily, perhaps got ahead of all other nineteen regions of Italy …

They say, when drinking Caesar ate snails, and Roman legionaries Took gasteropods molluscs during campaigns as alive canned food. — Gathered animals fell into anabiosis, closing shell aperture by special limy lid, and could be kept fresh for a very long time …

The main world record of past Winter Olympicс Games is related to … oysters. On the 14th of February, 2010 Vancouver swallowed up half-million precious mollusks. When indeed but during St.Valentine's day people should eat this sexual delicacy?!

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!