“You know what I like. I like a late night counter packed with locals, where I can get some meat. And maybe a little grease or fat. And some cheese, preferably melted cheese. And maybe some other stuff, in between some good bread. That’s what I like.” I was following in Bourdain’s footsteps when I…
It’s gotten cold up in the mountains of the Priorat as of late. While I sit in my brightly lit and climate-controlled Barcelona apartment my colleagues gather dry wood in early afternoon darkness, twigs with which to make a fire, not recreationally. There’s no marshmallows or campsite stories going around. It’s just a part of the routine. I…
That best bite of Vienna… That Käsekrainer sausage with hot mustard and beer at a random Würstelstand near Stephansplatz after walking around, desperately trying to take in all of the sites the city has to offer in the single hour we had between our return from Semmering ski station and our dinner with friends in another part…
Ask me about Bar Cañete and I’ll give you two thumbs up. Yes. Go there. Why? Because the food is local and traditional, yet playful and fun. The ingredients are fresh and proudly representative of the region, with a notable prominence of sardines, anchovies and acorn-fed Iberian piggy parts splattered all over the menu. There’s classic laid-back pica-pica favorites like croquetas…
When I think of Santo Domingo I think of a colmado bar. I picture a brightly lit corner-shop with a long counter, and behind it shelves stacked with cans, bottles, boxes. Ketchup spelled “catsup,” sweet and sticky Carnation®, economy-sized packs of sanitary pads and toilet paper, cheap vodka, cheap rum. In the middle there’s a Presidente beer cooler…
AMON´S Gastwirtschaft in Vienna is one of those old-fashioned, family-style restaurants that serve the community as an unchanging and irreplaceable social institution. I imagine it´s a popular place for large wedding dinners, baptisms, kids´ birthdays, grown-ups´ birthdays. The dining area is huge, so there is plenty of space to accommodate large parties and the restaurant is divided into several…
An easy fix for a voracious après-ski appetite in Vienna is Centimeter, a restaurant known for its monstrous portions, relatively low prices and its measuring tape shaped menu featuring several Viennese dishes made well. Browsing through the list of specialties I came across items, including a 2-meter sausage, a row of 12 grilled and schnitzel-led meats spiked onto a…
There exist several theories in my family about when and where my passion for good food (and writing about it) began. The sparks of inspiration are often suggested to have been the traditional dishes at my grandma´s house or the ones at my other grandma´s house, mango biche at a cart in Mexico City, a lapin aux…
There is a 2 block x 3 block area in the southeast corner of Gràcia that hosts a large portion of my favorite Barcelona eat and drink joints, and I´ve been lucky enough to have lived just around the corner from most of them since April of last year. On Bonavista I love Bodega Bonavista for their…
It was the Thanksgiving turkey that summoned my Frenchman and I to Boston this past November, the perfect motivation for our first trip to the U.S. together. And while there, I made sure he would also taste a tranche of authentic Americana. That meant charcuterie boards, mixology, craft beer, late night Thanksgiving leftover sandwiches, stand-up comedy, high-school…
That Best Bite 