Cognac is a well known brandy which is produced in the town of France. It is composed of at least 90% Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard grapes. Locals say that good cognac must be distilled twice in copper pot stills and aged for at least 2 years in French oak barrels. It is made [...]
A well known cocktail made up of hot coffee, Irish whiskey and sugar, and thick cream floated on top, the Irish coffee is amazingly drunk through the cream. It can also be regarded as a variation on the hot toddy. It was Joseph Sheridan, a head chef at Foynes, County Limerick, who invented the Irish [...]
The bouchon refers to a restaurant which could be found in Lyon, France. It serves delicious traditional Lyonnaise cuisine like sausages. Duck pate or roast pork. These dishes are said to be fatty and are heavily oriented on meat. Before, the bouchons came from small inns which are often visited by silk workers who pass [...]
A well known breakfast dish in Germany, muesli is made of uncooked rolled oats and fresh fruits. The muesli is categorized into two kinds and these are the dry and fresh muesli. The dry muesli is a loose combination of rolled oats with different kinds of dried fruit, nuts and seeds. This kind of muesli [...]
The bratwurst is a kind of sausage which is made of pork, beef, and there are also times when the Germans make use of the veal. Its name is derived from the Old High German bratwurst where brat refers to the finely chopped meat the word wurst means sausage. The most common ways of cooking [...]
The Catalan cuisine is the cuisine observed in Catalonia, Spain. It relies on the delicious ingredients found along the great Mediterranean coast. The ingredients include vegetables like tomato, garlic, aubergine, red pepper and artichoke. There are also wheat products, olive oils from Arbequina, wines, legumes, mushrooms and all sorts of cheese, poultry and lamb. The [...]
A well known traditional Italian dish, risotto is made of rice like Arborio, Carnaroli and Vialone Nano. It is considered as among the usual ways in cooking rice in the country. The dish originated in North Italy and it is regarded as one of the pillars of the Milanese cuisine. Â Â Â Â Â [...]
A well known traditional sausage in Sweden, falukorv simply means sausage from falun. It is made in the 16th and 17th centuries in the copper mine of Falun. This is the place where the ox hide was formerly used for wires and some of the meats that were left were then used for sausages. The [...]
German people are known to be innovative and creative when it comes to delicious dishes and beverages. Among the prominent dishes in the country is the pea soup. Germans usually put bacon, sausage or Kassier- a pickled or smoke pork into the dish. The soups is usually served with Wurste and some healthy and delectable [...]
The Danish pastry is regarded as a sweet pastry of the country and it is known throughout the industrialized world. The pastry of the Danish people is usually made of flour, yeast, milk, eggs and loads of butter. The yeast dough is usually rolled out thinly, coated with butter and it is then folded into [...]