Travel + Culture
Restaurants
Duck, Duck, Goose
Two kinds of restaurants you won’t find in the U.S.: a communal buffet and high-end dining without the attitude.
China
A Banquet of Bugs
You can eat exquisitely in Beijings’s restaurants, but you’re better off with a caterpillar at the Night Food Market.
Restaurants
Tampering with Tradition
Opening an Indian restaurant isn’t easy when chefs face repercussions from the Authenticity Police.
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travel + culture
Duck, Duck, Goose
Two kinds of restaurants you won’t find in the U.S.
06.11.08
- Keywords
- robert pincus,
- restaurants,
- france,
- europe
travel + culture
A Banquet of Bugs
You can taste exquisitely crisp Peking duck in Beijings’s restaurants, but you’d be much better off savoring a caterpillar or katydid at the Night Food Market.
06.06.08
- Keywords
- stephen henderson,
- china,
- asia,
- culinary culture
travel + culture
Tampering with Tradition
Opening an Indian restaurant in India isn’t easy. Indians are famously possessive about their food, and chefs face severe repercussions from the Authenticity Police.
06.05.08
- Keywords
- shoba narayan,
- restaurants,
- india,
- floyd cardoz,
- suvir saran
travel + culture
Not-So-Plain Plane Food
There’s a good reason to love British Airways’ new Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London: the food.
06.04.08
- Keywords
- william sertl,
- london,
- gordon ramsay,
- alan yau
travel + culture
Digging Hoecakes
Wherein we celebrate the elemental goodness of cornbread and ponder sandwiches made from same.
05.19.08
- Keywords
- restaurants,
- john t. edge,
- southern u.s.,
- sandwiches,
- barbecue
travel + culture
In the Belly of Tsukiji
Walking to the Tsukiji fish market was like entering an alternate universe of artisan shops against the more usual backdrop of convenience-store Tokyo.
05.14.08
- Keywords
- samuel fromartz,
- seafood,
- fish,
- ingredients,
- japan
travel + culture
Buying Power
In a couple years, the proverbial butcher, baker, and fishmonger that give France such an appealing culinary culture will likely be obsolete.
05.13.08
- Keywords
- travel,
- france,
- alexander lobrano,
- culinary culture,
- shopping
