The Hungry Diplomat: Honey
HONEY. If you love drama, this article has it all; scandal, mystery, health scares and deception among them. I am, of course, speaking of the honey industry. I write this as fall is getting into gear and many of us are readying…
The Hungry Diplomat: Donair
DONAIR It seems that only those who have spent some serious time in the Maritimes will drool at the mention of donair. That’s too bad, because a good donair will seriously upgrade your life for about 20 minutes or so. And it’s…
The Hungry Diplomat: Coffee
Many items we eat and drink have a storied past, political importance or trade significance.
The Hungry Diplomat: Beef
Food is arguably one of the world’s most important and ubiquitous diplomatic tools. Many items we eat and drink have a storied past, political importance or trade significance.
The Hungry Diplomat: Beef
BEEF: My cookbook From Julia Child’s Kitchen falls open on its own to page 263. The page is wrinkled and has wine stains spattered across it. Ever since I discovered it a few years ago, it has entered my roster of regular…
The Hungry Diplomat
Food is arguably one of the world’s most important and ubiquitous diplomatic tools.
The Hungry Diplomat
Food is arguably one of the world’s most important and ubiquitous diplomatic tools. Many items we eat and drink have a storied past, political importance or trade significance. This column explores one food, drink or ingredient at a time.
Robinson’s Island: A paean to past pleasures
Kiny’Ole is a slinky sand dune separated from the mangrove swamp by an opportunistic sea channel. To rename it Robinson’s Island requires considerable idealistic optimism. To establish a four star restaurant miles over rutted dirt road in the back of beyond of…
The Wine Lover’s Guide to France
Michael Busselle’s The Wine Lover’s Guide to France is an apt title because it puts the accent as much on France, the wine growing country, as on wine itself. The five principal wine growing areas that make up roughly half the country…
Freifeld On: The Queen’s English
Since Bout de papier certainly would not tolerate from its French-language contributors such linguistic blemishes as le weekend, le jogging, le gaz or le jazz, may I
