Jerusalem Mediterranean Grill-Kosher in Las Vegas
I figured I’d order a Greek salad when my husband said we were going to a Mediterranean restaurant for lunch. Little did I know my previous experiences with Mediterranean food were about to be expanded. Away from the strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, and noticeably without the glitz and glamour, we drove into a small...
Danish Kringle Baked in Tucson, Arizona
I was first made aware of Kringle by my neighbor of Danish descent who was from Racine, Wisconsin. Racine is where Danish immigrants settled and Kringle shops are everywhere. Each year when she returned to Racine to visit family, she’d arrive back home carrying Danish Kringle in her luggage. I was not familiar with Kringle,...
Celebrate Bastille Day with Macarons at Savannah’s Café M French Cafe
Aromas of warm butter and standing tall baguettes greeted me as I entered the river front French bistro Café M in Savannah. In this southern town known for its hospitality and low country cooking, the café combines the charming qualities of the South in a French manner. Located over a foot bridge and with an...
A French Chef On A Quest To Save Endangered Elephants
Pascal Olhats, a classically trained French chef and originally from the Normandy area, worked his way up through renowned restaurants across Europe, including legendary French Chef Paul Bocuse, where no duty was too small or hard for him. After years of experience in the many and varied aspects of the restaurant world, he relocated in...
Clucking about Fried Chicken in Hawaii
Hawaii makes one think of pineapples and poi, but who would have thought a gas station makes delicious and crispy fried chicken in paradise. Minit Stop food counters are located inside Ohana gas stations throughout the Big Island and Maui. And they are nothing like the convenience stores I know with hot dogs rotating around...
Beyond Takeout Chinese Food in M.Y. China Restaurant
Celebrity Chef Martin Yan brings beautiful Chinese culture to his restaurant I don’t know what caught my eye more, the open kitchen with chefs chopping and frying or the small ivory snuff bottles on display. The chef who introduced the US to Chinese cooking in the early 1980’s with his TV show Yan Can Cook...
The Sweet Side of Hilo, Hawaii
Guava, mango and lilikoi flavors are some of the traditional Hawaiian flavors used by a classically French trained chef in Hilo, Hawaii. Baking with butter and squeezing fresh fruit juices are the heartbeat of the kitchen. Buttery butterscotch Hilo bar Chef and owner Maria Short of Short N Sweet Bakery and Café in Hilo on...
Traditional and Modern Dining Puts Solvang on the Culinary Map
A visit to Solvang, known as “Little Denmark”, is like a visit to another world, complete with international edible delights. Aebleskivers, round puffy pancakes made in the Danish like town of Solvang, California, is the food you think of when visiting this town in the Santa Ynez Valley. They are such a treat that those...
Forget the fondue, it’s the meat in Zurich
It was time for a change, bring back traditional Swiss food from the land to the plate. Hung’ER Butchers Shop and Restaurant in the Park Hyatt Zurich is more than locally sourced. Chef de Cuisine Frank Widmer has been working exclusively with a butcher in the village Jona who makes sausages, dry ages meat and...
New Mexico Green Chile Au Gratin
New Mexico food, a style of dining all its own and my road trip was to satisfy my cravings. Sure, I live in San Diego, a city of tacos, but chiles are king in New Mexico. Just outside of Albuquerque, on the Santa Ana Pueblo Indian lands, sitting against the Sandia mountains is the Hyatt...
San Diego’s Natural Sourdough by the Beach
It’s the simple things in life that bring tasteful pleasures. Sourdough bread made with flour, water and sea salt – that’s it. And baked in a cast iron pot. Olive Café and Bakery owner, Sarah Mattinson, a New Yorker who loved the whole shebang about deli’s, moved west and was determined to create the same...
Growing Chocolate in Hawaii
Hawaii the state of scenic sunsets, gorgeous beaches, and chocolate? Yes, the “food of the Gods” is grown on the Big Island near the fertile lands where coffee and avocados abundantly grow. A bit south of Kona, in a lush tropical setting with sweeping views of the ocean, sits the gardens of the Original Hawaiian...
