Shop hours in Europe are abbreviated by American standards. Workers have the state-given rights to rest on Sundays, evenings, and dozens of holidays. Of course, this clashes with the consumer’s demands for basic foodstuffs. The answer? Automats. We’ve been noticing automats across Europe and how they seem to meet some fundamental cultural need. In Belgium [...]
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Automatic for the People
Posted in food, travel, tagged automat, food, vending on July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Going Dutch
Posted in food, travel, tagged Amsterdam, De Kas, food, locavore, Netherlands on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dutch food? We were thinking nothing fancier than croquettes, fresh herring, or some delightfully aged Gouda. What a pleasant surprise then that on a weekend trip to Amsterdam recently, we found De Kas. The restaurant is a converted greenhouse that used to be an abandoned municipal nursery. You dine under a glass ceiling in the [...]
Witches’ Onion
Posted in food, recipe, tagged baerlauch, germany, recipe, spring on May 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the first spring herbs in Germany has become familiar to us this year. Bärlauch is a strong garlicky-tasting leaf that’s been all over the markets and on menus since February when it made its first debut. Bärlauch is not for the faint of heart. Think of chives but so strong it can hold [...]
The Most Incoherent City
Posted in food, travel, tagged "italian riviera", "northern italy", food, genoa, liguria, Mediterranean, travel on April 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A break from the winter doldrums in Germany led us to Genoa, a city on the Italian Riviera. For a week, we trod its narrow alleyways, saddled up to coffee bars and focaccerias, and explored the stunning coastline of craggy cliffs that tumble into the turquoise Mediterranean. Check out the video of our adventure below, [...]
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