What is the strangest food you ever ate while traveling? Strange maybe for you but not for the locals who lick their fingers for a glass of brennevin and Icelandic rotten shark or plate of raw octopus just caught right out of the Med and slammed to death on the spiky rocks. For us, it all began with some percebes, or goose barnacles, in an empty restaurant on a beach near Sintra in Portugal. The owner had a good laugh (while looking up from the tv-screen with football) when we didn’t know how to eat those small creatures. It all adds up to the fun of travel, and of course, the fun of savouring and trying out new food. We contributed to this new book, written by the famous foodphotographer Tony Le Duc, about our strangest and most remarkable foodie experiences. the result is Kook Ze Vreemd, probably the most strange cookbook you will ever come across. Enjoy!
DINING WITH MISTER SLOW FOOD
Slow Food is above all linked with its charismatic founder, Carlo Petrini, but from the very beginning, Vito Puglia equally pulled his weight. Twenty years on, this true pioneer doesn’t reside in a busy head office in northern Italy, but […]
HOME IS WHERE THE ITALIAN MAMMA IS
Why go to an ordinary restaurant if you can taste the real Italian cuisine presented by a proper Mamma at her home? Thanks to the Home Food project every traveller to the land of la dolce vita can now experience […]
SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING BLUE
After two years of building, Amanzo’e opened in August 2012 on a huge plot of land along the eastern coast of the Peloponnese. It is near the coastal town of Porto Heli and only a boat ride away from the […]
DINING PIEDS DANS L’EAU ALONG THE TRABOCCHI COAST
In the old days they were smartly build wooden fishing installations battling with the fierce sea along the coast of Abruzzo. Nowadays these trabocchi are the most charming seafood restaurants in Italy. They look a bit alien with the silhouette of […]
SWEET FULFILLMENT
Life can be sweet, especially if you live in Antwerp and you swing by restaurant Het Gebaar owned by top-patissier Roger Van Damme. To set the mood, the restaurant looks like a gingerbread house found in the small botanical garden […]
IT’S ITALY, JIM BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
Does the real Italian deal still exist? Si, si! You just need to pack your bags and head to the direction of unknown and Mafia reputated West-Sicily to board an aliscafo that will whisk you away from one charming island […]