Category: Food Facts – Food History

Vermouth & Tapas For Cocktails & Brunch: A Spanish Tradition

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Vermouth is enjoying a renaissance. Vermouth (ver-MOOTH) is a fortified wine—one that includes a base spirit—flavored with a proprietary mixture of botanicals (roots, barks, flowers, seeds, herbs, spices). A glass of sweet red vermouth with an orange slice or twist was long a fashionable apéritíf for café society*. In Barcelona today, vermouth and tapas are…
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Types Of Emmental, The Real “Swiss Cheese”

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The U.S. is not known for its food sophistication, knowledge, or accuracy. Errors surround the most popular foods. Today’s focus is one of them, “Swiss cheese.” There is no Swiss product called “Swiss cheese,” just as there is no “French cheese,” “Italian cheese,” and so forth. It’s a generic reference, like “French wine” or “Italian…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Deconstructed Lobster

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We love this idea from Chef Ric Tramonto and John Folse of Restaurant R’evolution in New Orleans (photo #1). The photo shows Restaurant R’evolution’s Lobster With Sheep’s Milk Gnocchi. Rather than toss the lobster heads and tails*, they plated them with a dish of lobster gnocchi. Instead of gnocchi, we made Lobster Newburg, one of…
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Brinner: Breakfast For Dinner & The History Of Our Meals

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[1] An omelet is one of those dishes that works for any meal of the day (photo © Bonefish Grill). [2] How about eggs on top of waffles, pancakes, or French toast, with savory garnishes: smoked salmon, bacon, ham, caramelized onions, fresh herbs…(photo © National Honey Board). [3] How about these BLT pancakes? Here’s the…
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Wiener Schnitzel Recipe & The History Of Wiener Schnitzel

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[1] Wiener Schnitzel, Austria’s national dish (photo © Cokemomo |iStock Photo). [2] The Schnitzel is often served with buttered noodles.   Wiener Schnitzel (pronounced VEE-ner, not WEE-ner) is the national dish of Austria and a standard of Continental cuisine. In The Sound Of Music, Maria sang that Schnitzel with noodles was “one of my favorite…
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