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 [...]
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, [...]
Next Door Neighbor
Posted in beer, travel, tagged beer, Belgian beer, Belgium, Saint Sixtus, Westvleteren on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We’ve been eying the country to the west ever since we got to Germany. Only a 45 minute drive away is Belgium, in all its beer-drinking glory. So close and yet it might as well be on the other side of the planet as far as the Germans are concerned. It’s easier to find Belgian [...]
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