There is no travel without food and wine. And the best places are marked by their incredible dishes, wines and dining culture. From the most simple dishes to the Michelin star eats, Tamara Thiessen travels and tastes in tandem. The spices of Malaysia, a passion for French pastries and bakery stores and the green, hilly wine regions from Tuscany to southern Austria are among her topics. Recipes are shared too.
France’s ‘capital of Europe’ has one of the best pastry traditions in the country. Here are 4 of the best pâtisseries in Strasbourg, which could also qualify as the capital of sweets, chocolate and pastry making.
Travel Sweden’s High Coast: The far-flung Höga Kusten is a wild and wonderful place. Almost as far north as you…
On a breezy, sweltering Sunday of July, Joseph and I are whirling along the Alsace wine route – the route du vin. Only this time, we are doing it from south to north, on our way back to Strasbourg. The Route du Vin sweeps through over 100 Hansel & Gretel pretty villages in the foothills of the Vosges mountains. Each has its own typical tastes and “messti” – festivals.
An easy spinach tart recipe – a 5-ingredient spinach tart from the French Tart herself. It’s packed with goodness and…
A sign behind the counter at my local bakery yesterday said “REVE” – dream … And I was. The pinch me – I am in a French patisserie dream again. Every trip to a bakery in France is a delicious dream. Savoury or sweet, depending on your preference, the day, or time.
Was Marie-Antoinette’s famous quip a rumour spun by the Queens’ adversaries?
