It was at El Floridita that Ernest Hemingway conducted his love affair with the daiquiri. During his many stints in Cuba, where he escaped to and from his home in Key West, Florida, the writer was known to post up in a favorite corner of this Havana watering hole and quaff glass after glass of barman Constantino Ribalaigua Vert’s simple, sublime concoctions of rum, lime, sugar, and ice.
We’re talking travel and food adventures this month, and we’ve offered up some of our own travel snack ideas (more coming next week!). I showed you my favorite fruits and vegetables to bring when traveling, and some good meals to pack for a flight.
But now we want to turn it over to you and get a list rolling of your best travel snacks — the healthiest, most reliable ones you know — and have them all in one place for the vacation season ahead. What do you munch on when you travel?
When a recipe calls for a good-quality white chocolate, do you know what to look for when you compare brands and labels? And does what you choose determine if your recipe will succeed? Here are a few tips for buying the best white chocolate for baking and melting.
4.21 / 5 Stars | 73 Reviews
by MIKANDI
“A wonderful change in light eating with pasta, chicken and vegetables. It is very low in fat and calories, but tastes delicious. Use your favorite pasta – we use mostaccioli pasta. Add some of your favorite veggies, if desired.”
As I stroll the aisles of my favorite beer stores this time of year, I’m surrounded on all sides by a flotilla of summer-themed brews, from cases of lemon-tinged shandies to six-packs of fruity blonde ales. These thirst-quenching styles do the trick, but there’s a funkier alternative out there that happens to be original summer seasonal: the Belgian style known as the saison or farmhouse ale.
Here’s a little more about saisons, and why they are the original summer beer.
Who cooks and eats here: Faith Blakeney and daughter Noa
Where: Los Angeles, California
Rent or Own? Rent
Faith’s kitchen is full of sweetness, from her daughter’s colorful paintings to her Indian digestive candies to the colorful swizzle straws I spotted in the silverware drawers. Perhaps the most striking feature of her kitchen, though, is her colorful vintage enamel pots and pans collection. Just look at that tiny yellow one for melting butter!
Morel mushrooms are expensive. Really expensive. While prices vary from store to store or region to region, the fresh ones can cost multiple times more than the other cultivated mushrooms they sit next to on the shelves. Why are they so expensive, and are they really worth buying?
