Basque-ing in Glory
The Basque Country, (Basque: Euskal Herria) is the home of the Basque people, it sits in the north of the Iberian Peninsula in the Western Pyrenees, straddling the border between Spain...
Euskaldunak Roaming
“We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.”
Miguel de Unamuno
Iñaki Bolumburu is a chef from the small town of Derio, on...
The River of Sapphire
Cambodia’s celebrated master chef, Luu Meng is looking lean and relaxed as we meet for an early morning chat, I have not seen my good friend for a little while...
The Art of Camembert
“Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!”
Michael Leunig
It was over half a century ago, 1966...
The Cardinal’s Slipper
Pantoufle du Cardinal
“Wine is the intellectual part of a meal while meat is the material.”
Alexandre Dumas
Dumas
The name Alexandre Dumas is writ large across French history through the late 18th and the 19th...
Il Mangera le Riche - Révolution and Food
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Voltaire
Fête Nationale Française, (known as Bastille...
A Dinner with Destiny
10,000 Miles, 200 Years, 6 Generations
“Some food and wine dinners are all about the pairing, then there are those rare occasions, maybe only a handful of times in a...
All Dressed Up in a Sour Place
"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."
William Shakespeare
The taste of Place
The French term Choucroute Garni, means ‘dressed...
