Of all the chocolate in Europe, I didn’t know Spain is where I could find the creamiest kind. In Madrid, the oldest chocolatería serves up the country’s best chocoloate. Madrileños have flocked to this chocolate-making café since 1894 for a cup of their pure hot cocoa. But this chocolate is nothing like the kind back home. At […]
Food Travel
Cerveceria Barnabier in Barcelona
In Barcelona, we got an awesome recommendation from a local friend to head to Cerveceria Barnabier in Vila Olimpica. While the area is a bit of a tourist magnet, we trusted their local tips for where to eat in Barcelona. Thankfully they didn’t steer us wrong – the dishes here were full of flavour and […]
Guide to Finding Authentic Paella in Spain
Like Italian gelato in Italy, authentic paella in Spain can be hard to spot. Sure, Spain is inundated with tons of places that serve up their signature dish in restaurants, tapas bars, and street-side stands, but just because a guy holding a menu on the sidewalk in Spain is offering up paella for 10€, doesn’t […]
Traditional Tiramisu
If there is one thing that makes a great holiday in my household it’s food and my Italian house is definitely not without….Tiramisu! This is the original, “make me happy dessert”! Wonder why this coffee dish makes me happy? Check out my guest post on A Cook Not Mad for my homemade (and super easy) recipe. Yum!
Frankfurt’s Kleinmarkthalle
Kleinmarkthalle is Frankfurt’s best indoor food market. This tiny little hall (its name literally means small market) is just off of Berliner Strasse and jam packed with over 60 vendors (the competition makes it super cheap to have a full meal here) selling the fluffiest bread, most scrumptious desserts, freshest cheese, fish, local fruits, spreads, […]
What to Eat in Germany
Germany boasts over 1,500 different kinds of sausages! In the Bavarian region, though, other dishes crafted from age-old homemade recipes are some of the coziest comfort food you will find. I discovered there really is more to Germans than their wieners. Brot Like the French, Germans take their bread seriously and every bakery storefront window is filled […]