Tag: Europe

A great croissant should make a sound when you bite it. Not a crunch, exactly—a delicate crackle, followed by buttery layers collapsing into your...

If German comfort food had a personality, Sauerbraten would be the slightly grumpy grandfather who marinates his beef for days, refuses to rush dinner,...

There are few foods as gloriously uncomplicated as schnitzel. Take a thin cutlet, flatten it until it has serious personal-space issues, coat it in...

Paella is not merely rice wearing seafood as jewellery. It is a culinary event: a wide pan, serious heat, excellent stock, saffron, patience—and, ideally,...

Pho is proof that noodles can have a passport. Born in Vietnam and now happily slurped from Hanoi to Houston, Paris to Portland, pho has...

There are pancakes, and then there are pancakes worth booking a flight for. From towering Japanese soufflé pancakes that wobble like they have their own...

Waffles are proof that civilisation occasionally gets things spectacularly right. From buttery Liège waffles in Belgium to chicken-and-waffle legends in America, pandan-scented creations in...

Cheesecake is proof that humanity occasionally gets its priorities exactly right. Creamy, tangy, crunchy, jiggly, burnt, fluffy, chocolatey, fruity — cheesecake has travelled farther than...

There are doughnuts, and then there are doughnuts worth booking a flight for. From old-school American glazed rings and Hawaiian malasadas to Japanese mochi doughnuts,...

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who walk past a bakery because they have already eaten, and those who smell...