I love tapas. You probably do too although you may not think of them as such. In Spain, these are little plates of food – a few bites – that traditionally have been eaten while you’re at a bar. In Italy, particularly in Venice, they’re called cicchetti – bite sized appetizers. Bar food. Go on, admit it. How often have you looked at a menu and ordered 3 or 4 appetizers while skipping an entrée? They’re the stuff of which great bar hopping experiences are made. Meals you eat in snack-able portions. We’ve become a culture of snackers, and it’s not just in food. Continue reading
Category Archives: food
Cooking Creole
I was thinking how to get you focused on the terrible tragedy going on in Haiti and then I realized that maybe by using our Foodie Friday post to show you how close to home Haiti really is I could do so. “Yeah,” you’re thinking, “it’s right there offshore a bit – that’s pretty close.” Well, it’s closer than that. I’m not thinking about the big Haitian community in Brooklyn either. Nope. I’m thinking about Creole gumbo from the Bayou, yes sir. Continue reading
Filed under food, Reality checks, What's Going On
Fruits and Vegetables
That’s right – Foodie Fun Friday is back and today it’s with a question – are you a fruit or a vegetable? No, this is not some veiled “don’t ask, don’t tell” thing but more a question about your approach to the world, business included. Maybe I should be asking about the color of your parachute? Continue reading
Filed under food, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 