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Cranberries
While varieties of cranberries are harvested in Europe, Africa and Asia, the cranberry is a taste unique to American cuisine. The American cranberry grows wild on vines in sandy marshes and bogs throughout North America.
The Making of Italian Food...From the Beginning
Although cuisines from around the world appear different on the surface, if you look closely, you'll notice that there are more similarities than differences. This is because no matter how isolated a country might be, we are, ultimately, a global community.
Asiago Cheese
One thousand years ago, shepherds tending their flocks on high Dolomite slopes ate a version of Asiago. In fact, the cheese takes its name from the Altopiano di Asiago (the high plain of Asiago) where the sheep grazed. In the 16th century sheep gave way to herds of cows on the highland meadows, and cow's milk became the main ingredient in the local cheese.
The Rise Of San Francisco Sourdough
Just as I wouldn't leave Italy without some olive oil and grappa, as tourists depart San Francisco International Airport, they invariably buy a loaf of Parisian sourdough French bread. It's as much a part of the city as Creole and jazz are to New Orleans.
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An Evening with Pernod
Pernod complements food, individually and as a whole, quite well, leaving behind herbal notes on the tongue.
A Singapore Sling Fling
The popularity of the drink spread throughout the world and although tourists may have tasted the drink in their own country, they still love to sit and sip the drink in the very place that it was invented.
The Wine Bars of Paris
As wine is considered as a normal part of the daily diet in France, an old tradition has been regaining ground the last 25 years in Paris: wine bars.
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