Wednesday May 9 2012
Poached Eggs & Asparagus for Mother’s Day
I am so proud to be part of a company made up of so many inspiring mothers. I started Epicure in 1991 to provide more healthful food options for my young children. Read more
Wednesday May 2 2012
Peking Duck: A Chinese National Dish
Peking Duck (Kaoya), the most famous duck dish from Beijing, has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty and is considered a Chinese national dish. I couldn’t leave Beijing without feasting on it! Both the foodie magazine “The Beijinger” and the hotel concierge agreed the best place in Beijing for Peking duck is DaDong, which has repeatedly been named Beijing’s best restaurant of the year. Read more
Wednesday April 25 2012
Sandwiches: More Than Just P, B & J
One billion sandwiches are eaten in a day worldwide. Arguably the most popular street food, they can be bought at food trucks across the globe. The modern concept of the sandwich as we know it is claimed to have been invented by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich in the late 1700s. It is said that during his lengthy gambling hours (often without breaks for meals), Lord Sandwich would ask his servants to bring him slices of meat between two slices of bread. The trend caught on and the ‘sandwich’ was born! Read more
Wednesday April 18 2012
For the Luv of a Good Burger
Today, 13 billion burgers are eaten everyday worldwide. The history of the hamburger spans many centuries and continents. In the 13th century, Genghis Khan’s Mongol soldiers tucked crude patties of tough bits of mutton under their saddles. The meat tenderized as they rode (buns wouldn’t have survived the ride)! When Kublai Khan invaded Moscow, the crude patty underwent a chef makeover to become the minced raw-meat delicacy “Steak Tartare,” named after the Mongols (also called “Tartars”). Read more
Wednesday April 11 2012
That’s Amore…
Dean Martin was right, “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.”
For me, pizza is “the street food” par excellence. Pizza (as we know it) began its journey on the street; it first entered a pizzeria in Naples in the 1830s, but before then it was sold from open-air stands. Read more
