food & Drink Archives - Just Go Places Culinary and Cultural Travel Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:02:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Debunking the Origin Myths Behind Seven Favourite Foods https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/debunking-the-origin-myths-behind-seven-favourite-foods/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/debunking-the-origin-myths-behind-seven-favourite-foods/#respond Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:31:51 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=12184 Our recent trip to Sicily had me rethinking the origins of some of my favourite foods.  It all started when I went traipsing through Sicily in search of Sicilian pizza (as I know it) only to come up empty.  I realised that travelling abroad has shattered more than a few food myths that I knew...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/street-food-palermo-with-children/feed/ 5 Discovering River Cottage and its Farm-To-Table Fare in England https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/river-cottage-hq-farm-to-table-fare/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/river-cottage-hq-farm-to-table-fare/#respond Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:41:53 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=11818 In the United Kingdom, when you hear River Cottage you immediately think of a posh man with curly brown locks who traded London (aka The Big Smoke) for the rural idyll of the English countryside.  Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is one of the early proponents of farm-to-table fare in England when he set off on his agricultural adventure in...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/river-cottage-hq-farm-to-table-fare/feed/ 0 A Must-Visit Gastromarket For Foodies – Mercado Merced in Malaga https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/mercado-merced-malaga/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/mercado-merced-malaga/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2016 20:59:26 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=11800 Recently opened in the fall of 2015, the Mercado Merced in Malaga is another star in the constellation that is the city’s recently burgeoning foodie scene.  The best known of the Malaga food markets is the Mercado de Atarazanas located in the old Moorish arsenal building close to the harbour.  The Mercado Merced is a...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/mercado-merced-malaga/feed/ 0 Casa Mathilde, The Best Portuguese Bakery in Sao Paolo https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/11623-2/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/11623-2/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:19:23 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=11623 Given that Brasil was a colony of Portugal, you know that there are going to be Portuguese influences everywhere in the country especially in the food.  For example, the Mercado Central has rows of vendors selling bacalao (salted codfish).  I’m not such a big fan of bacalao but Portuguese pastries are a completely different story....

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/11623-2/feed/ 0 The Great Christmas Pudding Tradition https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/flaming-christmas-pudding-tradition/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/flaming-christmas-pudding-tradition/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:40:19 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=10450 When I first brought Christmas Pudding home to the family in the United States (along with the British husband), everyone was very curious as to what it would be like.  After Christmas dinner, when we dug our spoons into the rich brown pudding covered in custard, my brother said what all of us non-Brits were...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/flaming-christmas-pudding-tradition/feed/ 0 Imperial Luxury at The Demel Cafe in Vienna https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/a-step-back-into-imperial-luxury-at-the-demel-cafe-in-vienna/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/a-step-back-into-imperial-luxury-at-the-demel-cafe-in-vienna/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2015 08:05:11 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=10248 On a sunny day, we considered getting an outside table at Demel, the famous cake and chocolate shop in Vienna, a stroke of immense luck.  Viennese tend to hang out at Demel sipping their coffee and reading the paper with no real inclination to leave. It’s old school cafe life with no pressure on the...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/a-step-back-into-imperial-luxury-at-the-demel-cafe-in-vienna/feed/ 0 What Makes Posh London Sweet Shops All Alike https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/photo-tour-posh-london-sweet-shops/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:05:18 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=9585 I went from not having been to the posh St. James’s area of London in almost a year to visiting 2 weekends in a row. I was in the neighbourhood for the Picadilly and Petits-Fours Tour as well as Open House London where some of the city’s architectural gems are opened up for free tours to the...

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]]> The Must-Visit Destination for Foodies in Sao Paulo https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/the-must-visit-destination-for-foodies-in-sao-paulo/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/the-must-visit-destination-for-foodies-in-sao-paulo/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2015 06:30:21 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=9066 The Mercado Municipal in the city of Sao Paulo in Brasil has pretty much spoiled me for any fruit for the rest of my life.  I knew much of the fruit we got in Europe and North America came from South America  I had, however, never tasted the fruit when it was fresh and before...

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