Food can be used to affect travel, but food also has a big affect on traveling. Perhaps you’ve had the experience – the best glass of white wine you ever had at a picnic in Cinque Terre, that amazing ceviche on the beach in Mexico, the ta’amiya sandwich you spent three hours hunting down through […]
6 comments | Charcuterie, Foie, France, Game, Juniper, Liver, Meat, Mustard, Paris, Pickles, Terrine, Venison
“They just don’t make cocks like they used to.” So laments just about every modern recipe for coq au vin, the venerable French braise of rooster in wine. The story goes that the dish was developed as a way to use the meat of tough old roosters past their prime; only a long braise could […]
1 comment | Braise, Chicken, Coq, Foul, French, Game, Mushrooms, Pearl Onions, Pheasant, Poultry, Provincial, Wine
Although there are plenty of delicious steaks, pork chops and sausages routinely on offer at Clancey’s Meats & Fish, it’s the more exotic offerings that keep me going back. For example: the time I got my goat. More recently, I was greeted by the sight of fresh – not frozen – rabbits, curled up in their […]
6 comments | Chorizo, Game, Paprika, Parsnips, Rabbit, Rice, Rosemary, Saffron, Seasonal, Spain, Spanish, Valencia