Food spotlight: Basque in one of the world’s most fascinating cultures
The Basque people, who live in a semi-autonomous region of northern Spain as well as in southwestern France, are believed to be the direct descendants of farmers who settled in the area some 35,000 years ago, making them perhaps the oldest ethnic community in Europe. Their language, called Euskara, is unrelated to any other […]
Food spotlight: 5 sinfully delicious Sicilian dishes
Along with pizza, pasta is probably the dish we consider the most Italian. However, truth be told, Italians were first introduced to this now ubiquitous wheat flour noodle by way of Sicily. (And there’s still a debate raging as to whether the Sicilians adopted it from China, via Marco Polo, or from the Arabs […]
Food spotlight: Really good ramen
If you’ve heard people talking about ramen lately, you’re not alone. Ramen is in. But if all you know about it is the instant noodles you ate in college, it’s time for some ramen re-education! Believed to have originated in China, this slurpy and delicious soup has more recently been popularized as a Japanese […]