Chlodnik: the magenta Eastern European cold beet soup
My best Polish friend has always been giving me shelter and a bowl of Chlodnik, the most colorful soup you would ever taste in your whole life!
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The New Orleans style Bloody Mary
Although the Bloody Mary cocktail was not born in New Orleans, this is where you can find a very original spicy one that it's almost impossible to try somewhere else!
It took me 30 years to like an old fashioned cocktail
I've always thought whisky would have been too strong for me until I met Simone on our first date, when I fell in love with him and old fashioned cocktail!
Brasilena: the typical fizzy coffee drink from Calabria
I can't remember the first time I saw the South American lady on the label, but I do remember the first time I drank Brasilena. I was a kid and, as many, that was my first coffee shot!
An unexpected match: avocado and mustard
A food and wine expert invites me over for lunch and offers me several appetizers such as avocados served with mustard. They literally blow my mind away!
Once upon a time, there was a glass of gin and tonic
My first memories of gin and tonic date back to when I was out all night long. I hated it! Ten years later I ended up preparing one and realized that...