EU beer export champs: Surprise!
Hats off to the top producers, shippers and drinkers of the world's beers!
Food and Foodways
Paris gets a Pizza Robot
After a two-year tryout in the suburbs, a robot pizzeria has opened in Paris, with an assortment of silvery robotic devices flattening dough, adding sauce and toppings, pushing pizzas into the oven and then boxing them up. Pazzi Pizza, whose sign in English says "Come for the Show, Stay for the Pizza" insists it's not just a gimmick; one of the co-founders told TheLocal.fr that “It’s a very fast process, the timing is perfectly controlled and quality is assured because the robots are...
Coffee and Cake, Copenhagen
DrFumblefinger is a fan of Danish hot chocolate and pastries.
Carnival: Cruise buffet is not dead
Long declared dead, the lavish self-service cruise ship buffet may not be dead after all.
Dining in the Dark gets a Brussels home
An unusual dining concept gets a permanent home in Brussels
Fun with Chocolate, Reading Terminal Market
About as much fun as you can have at a serious chocolate store: Mueller's at Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market has an eye for puns and fun.
In Search of Cheesesteak
Join PHeymont for an irreverent tour of some of Philly's finest cheesesteak places...strictly in his opinion!
Sacre bleu! French artisan food bad for you?
A health-rating system for food has become a center of controversy over how it treats traditional artisanal foods.
10 Croatian Must-Try Traditional Dishes
Ana shares some of her favorite dishes from Croatia -- as though you needed another reason to travel to her nation.
Unusual Name and a Giant Hotdog
Samantha and her husband found another unique hotdog stand on a recent trip to Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Paris: Sidewalk cafe extensions extended
Paris is making its sidewalk cafe pandemic extensions a permanent feature.
Central Valley: California's Giant Garden
A road trip through central California gave PHeymont a new perspective on the scale of California's agriculture and how far it is from family farms.
Balboa Island's Banana War
Two frozen confections, and too many claims to have been first!
Reading, Pennsylvania: Center of Attractions
Stephanie shares recommendations for a variety of worthwhile expeditions, all within one tank of gas from historic Reading, Pennsylvania
More Almond Art, Sicily
DrFumblefinger shares photos of some of the marzipan creations he came across while visiting Sicily.