I am interrupting my European travel journal this week to interject a few words about the best darn chickens I have ever tasted. Now many of you might naively believe, as I once did, that all chickens are created equal and that they all taste the same, but you must trust me when I say that you are dead wrong. I first stumbled upon

The mention of macaroons in the U.S. usually brings to mind a dense, coconut packed, knob shaped cookie. This isn’t the case in France, however. Their version of the macaroon (or macaron, as they spell it) is a delicate, crispy-chewy sandwich cookie that nestles a thin layer of creamy filling, usually made from ganache, buttercream or jam. Read More

British food has a pretty dismal reputation — bland meat pies, greasy fish and chips, unfamiliar animal parts — but let me assure you that this is no longer the case. The second part of my European travels landed me in London, a city whose food scene I had high hopes for, but entered into with a bit of wariness nonetheless.

I quickly learned upon a... Read More