Category Archives: Top Tastes

The Art of Chocolate – Francisco Migoya’s Hudson Chocolates

Posted on May 16, 2013 by docsconz in At the Market, Culinary Blogs, Culinary Personalities, Culinary Shopping, Food and Drink, Pastry, Slow Food, Top Tastes, Upstate NY

If there is someone making chocolate confections more creative, beautiful and delicious than Francisco Migoya is doing at his new Hudson Chocolates in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. I am unaware of it. I recently stopped there on my way down to NYC [...]

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Empanadas and Pork- A Day of Glorious Eating Continues at Rancho Doña Maria

Posted on May 1, 2013 by docsconz in Chile, Food and Drink, Pastry, Regional, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel, Wine

The old saying is “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” That can also be applied to restaurants – at least some times. Left entirely to my own devices, I have to admit its highly unlikely that I would [...]

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Sunday Photo – “Viagra” For Breakfast at Santiago’s Mercado Central

Posted on April 28, 2013 by docsconz in At the Market, Chile, Culinary Personalities, Culinary Shopping, Food and Drink, Photo Posts, Slow Food, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

No, not the pharmaceutical product. At Marisqueria Bahamondez in the Mercado Central in Santiago, their version of “Viagra” is a collection of the juices of the various shellfish that they cook at their small stall in the back recesses of [...]

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Boragó – Tasting Chile’s Ancient Roots With A New Vision

Posted on April 24, 2013 by docsconz in Chile, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Pastry, Regional, Slow Food, Starchefs, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Travel, Wine

Chile’s neighboring country of Peru has long been known for the seemingly infinite variety of native ingredients, many of which have been adopted and adapted by other cultures as part of the Columbian Exchange, in which products from the Americas [...]

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A Foodie Family’s Frolic in Florida – Part 2 – Miami

Posted on April 11, 2013 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Florida, Food and Drink, Hotels, Regional, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

It was about a three and a half hour drive from Orlando to our next destination – Miami Beach. More specifically, we were heading to the luxurious St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort. This segment of the trip would be all [...]

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Sunday Photo – Cecina

Posted on February 17, 2013 by docsconz in Art, Bocuse D'Or, Culinary Shopping, Food and Drink, France, Slow Food, Spain, Top Tastes, Travel

This Spanish air-dried beef ham called “cecina” is one of the world’s great culinary secrets. Much less widely known than its Spanish porcine cousin, jamon Iberico de bellota, it is every bit as complex and delicious. This example from the [...]

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Lucy’s Tartiflette – A Plum Recipe – Rustic French at its Finest

Posted on February 12, 2013 by docsconz in Cheese, Cooking, Culinary Blogs, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, France, Recipes, Slow Food, Top Tastes, Travel

When my son, L.J. and I were recently in Lyon for the Bocuse d’Or we had the distinct honor, luck and pleasure to have been invited for dinners not once, but twice at the home of my friends Lucy and [...]

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Sunday Photo – Cochinillo – Casa Botín, Madrid

Posted on February 10, 2013 by docsconz in Art, Cooking, Fine Dining, Madrid Fusión, Photo Posts, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic

There really aren’t too many things in this world more delicious than a perfectly roasted suckling pig like this one here at Casa Botín in Madrid. Recognized by Guiness as the oldest restaurant in the world (it opened in 1725), [...]

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Europe 2013 – Culinary Pilgrimages: Part 2 – Madrid Fusión

Posted on February 6, 2013 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Hotels, Madrid Fusión, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel, Video

Though not quite 100% on Tuesday, we managed to get up and make our way out to the IFEMA site for the second day of Madrid Fusión. I was sadly disappointed to have missed both David Muñoz and Pascal Barbot [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Roberto Caporuscio and Antonio Starita – Deep-fried Traditions: Montanara Pizza

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Lucas Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Italy, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Slow Food, Starchefs, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic

What has allowed the Montanara—a fried, then lightly-baked pizza of Neapolitan origin—to assert itself, as it has in recent years, so strongly in New York City, which already has its own pizza culture? Does its popularity in the Big Apple [...]

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