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;...
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...
Realfoodtraveler.com writer Carla Waldemar has won second place in the Midwest Travel Writers 2015 Mark Twain Awards for her story “In Love with Russia” which recently appeared on realfoodtraveler.com. The judge said of the winning story story, “This article will make...
Estonia is an Eastern European country that shares a border with Russia, but not many happy sentiments, as Obama’s recent speech in Tallinn, its capitol, reinforced. Envied for its location on the Baltic Sea, Estonia has been overrun by Swedes, Danes, Germans, and...
