Spike Gjerde’s La Jetée gives the Fell’s Point neighborhood the kind of classy yet relaxed upscale dining it needed.
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Taste the Chesapeake at Thames Street Oyster House
Thames Street Oyster House in the Fell’s Point quarter of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is definitely the place to go for Chesapeake Bay seafood.
Ghiotta: A touch of Sicilian home cooking
We met native Sicilian Lena at the ancient Greek theater in Taormina. She clued us in to her family’s version of ghiotta with eggs.
Sicily rings in Easter with baked pasta
The ring-shaped pastas called anelletti are characteristic of parts of Sicily. They’re key to an Easter timballo.
Saffron, Spain’s gastronomic gold, shines at La Melguiza
Visit David Saenz at La Melguiza in Madrid for a crash course in the superiority of saffron from La Mancha.
Walk the Camino? Piece of cake!
The lightly sweet tarta de Santiago is a classic Spanish almond cake associated with the Camino and Santiago de Compostela.
Dublin coddle warms up St. Patrick’s day
A warming and homey dish of sausage, bacon, potatoes, and barley, Dublin coddle is a perfect way to mark St. Patrick’s Day.
Pining away for spicy autumn soup with piñons
This fall was a banner year for piñons, aka pine nuts, in northern New Mexico. We used this ancient food to cook from soup to nuts.
‘Italian Coastal’ conjures tasty memories of land and sea
This new cookbook from Amber Guinness highlights the coastal cooking along the Tyrrhenian Sea from Tuscany to Sicily.
