Inside the quest to make in-flight meals less terrible
February 17, 2023 at 11:28 a.m. EST
Tag: cooking
How do South Asian Americans Remember Home Cooking?
If you’ve had a hometown dish while abroad, you might have thought, It’s just not the same here. But missing familiar cooking goes beyond simple food cravings. It’s also a way of tapping national identity, according to Anita Mannur’s analysis of “the deep nostalgic investment in considering certain types of food to be authentically, and autochthonously, ‘Indian’” in fiction, memoir, and cookbook writing about South Asian immigrants’ gastronomic habits in North America.
Reading Madhur Jaffrey’s An Invitation to Indian Cooking, Sara Suleri’s memoir Meatless Days, and two short stories by Shani Mootoo, Mannur suggests that cooking lets immigrants
EU Food Policies: What’s Cooking in 2023?
In 2023, Slow Food Europe remains true to its commitment: advocating for Good, Clean and Fair food for all across the continent. Below is a sneak peek of what’s hot on the EU agenda for food policies which will keep our team busy this year.
A proposal for a new European Law for Sustainability in Food Systems
In 2020, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission announced its new Farm to Fork Strategy aiming to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally friendly. As part of this strategy, the Commission will develop a legislative proposal for a
New projects cooking for Westport’s Stacy Silva-Boutwell
WESTPORT — Stacy Silva-Boutwell has her fingers in many pies.
To many in the SouthCoast and beyond this Westport resident is known as the Portuguese American Mom, with a blog, cookbook, and bakery and tea shop under her apron string.
Now she has some new, exciting projects cooking, one of which takes her across the Atlantic to share her gastronomic know-how with travelers through an immersive 10-day cultural and culinary experience.
Silva-Boutwell has partnered with Fall River-based travel agency Sagres Vacations to lead an intimate, hands-on tour of São Miguel, the largest island in the archipelago of the Azores, Portugal,
TikTok and “chaos cooking” among 2023 food trends
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios
Dishes that are an aggressive mash-up of global flavors — like sashimi tostadas and tandoori spaghetti — will hit restaurant menus in 2023, a style that’s been dubbed “chaos cooking,” food prognosticators say.
- Those concoctions will live or die depending on how well they play on TikTok, the latest must-use channel for restaurateurs.
Why it matters: With dining out almost back to pre-pandemic levels, people continue to crave novelty in their meals as well as video-friendly foods they can show off to their friends (butter boards, anyone?).
- Still, restaurants are struggling to manage soaring food prices and
5 Reasons You’ll Love This Unique Cooking Class In Israel
Have you ever prepared a locally sourced ethnic meal while traveling in an unfamiliar place? Most travelers will respond with the word no. After a day of exploring, vacationers who love food usually select well-regarded restaurants to sample a region’s culinary gems. In most instances, they are thrilled to leave the time-consuming preparation to a professional culinary staff.
Foodies who are interested in taking a deep dive into a country’s diverse cuisine will be attracted to cooking lessons offered by locals. Instead of waiting patiently at a restaurant table to be served, guests can either observe the process or