Category Archives: Food and Wine

Gator Gastronomy

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Here at last are tasting notes from Lake Charles, where the food soars from down home to upscale without skipping a Zydeco beat. Our top picks from this cozy little corner of Calcasieu Parish include: 1. Down Home Breakfast: Boudin … Continue reading →

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Tuscan Trifecta

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Pistoia, Montecatini and Lucca Massive snowbanks line our street and yard-long icicles hang outside my window. The temperature hovers around ten degrees. From the Maine deep freeze, I recall a warm and sunny afternoon in the Tuscan Hills. Ready for … Continue reading →

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Mo’s Dark Bacon Bar

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Okay. Last night we shared a bacon chocolate bar celebrating our 30th anniversary with Anne, Joe and Chris. Bacon, chocolate and good friends – what can I say?

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St. Emilion Afternoon

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

by Guest Writer Chris Akerlind We left Bordeaux, heading roughly 40 kilometers east, for an afternoon tour of St. Emilion, a hill town in wine country named for an 8th century miracle-working monk and confessor who found home in a … Continue reading →

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Mario Batali Loves The Frankies Spuntino…

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

“Grandma never broke a sweat. Neither should you.” My sister-in-law Aimee Good gave me The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking Manual. I love this book. Mario Batali loves this cookbook, too.* Frankies Spuntino is a tin-ceilinged exposed-brick restaurant in … Continue reading →

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Looking for Ricky Martin in Old San Juan

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

So we missed the organic farmers market by 24 hours but caught the San Juan Museum whose antiquities and ephemera include a display on intentional cranial deformation. Mixing high culture and medical oddities always makes us hungry, so we indulged … Continue reading →

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Sibling Rivalry

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

Went to a restaurant in Boston called Sibling Rivalry on Tremont Street in the South End. The menu is split with culinary offerings from chefs and brothers, David and Bob Kinkead, who have created a “dueling” menu of different interpretations … Continue reading →

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Snowy Day

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

We are enjoying (ha!) a perpetual blizzard here in the northeast. Our epicurious adventures are mostly indoors, at home, with a mug of Nathan’s Hot Chocolate 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2/3 cup sugar (Not sweet enough? Add more.) … … Continue reading →

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Mr. Poggi’s Gift

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

A mysterious package arrived by post yesterday from our friend Mr. Poggi in Monterosso Al Mare, Cinque Terre, Italy. It was heavy. We thought it might be a bottle of his wine or maybe another encyclopedia-sized slab of pancetta. It … Continue reading →

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Epicurious Portland, Maine

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Epicurious Travelers

My Little Epicurious History Lucky me. I landed in Portland, Maine, overlooking beautiful Casco Bay. Brick wharf buildings and cobblestone streets line our gritty working waterfront. The historic Old Port and downtown Arts District make for a vibrant and incomparable … Continue reading →

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