One of RFT’s best food experts finds the most exciting eateries in Dublin. Drink was to be expected. No one has ever accused the Irish of being a dour, teetotaling race. The whiskey proved excellent, the beer was unsurpassed. But the food! That’s people’s greatest...
Fine Spanish dining starts on my Iberia flight. In its vast kitchens in Madrid, Chef Luis Bonastre organizes 24,000 meals a day that make you “feel like Spain on a plane,” including free Spanish wines, even in Economy. Business Class fliers are spoiled with gazpacho;...
I joined a long line of visitors to this corner of Southwest Spain called Caceres: Romans claimed the site in 34 B.C., followed by Moors, who protected the city with brawny stone walls spliced by towers (20 still standing) until a skirmish with Christians in 1229...
Here’s a clue about eating in Germany: If it starts with S, it’s gonna be good: schnitzel, sauerbraten, sauerkraut, strudel. But the best of the best is celebrated only from late April till June 24, so mark your calendars. It’s spargel, the elite white asparagus whose...
Here’s how they tell the joke: Finns are a shy and unassuming people, so when a Finn talks to you, he look at his shoes. A Finnish extrovert? He looks at your shoes. Yes, Finns treasure modesty. So, while—true to the creativity embedded in their DNA that spills forth...
