In the streets surrounding our apartment in the Fifth District in Vienna, and across the Linke Wienzeile, the street that runs parallel to the Naschmarkt, in the neighbouring Sixth District, there are literally dozens of vintage clothes, design, and furniture shops. This part of Vienna is retro heaven if you’re a lover of all things … Read more
Vienna, like Budapest, is a grand city of wide boulevards lined with majestic buildings, decorated with splendid statuary, and plenty of public spaces that allow you to step back and admire them. So what’s the best way to explore the city? Seeing Vienna on foot and by tram. Seeing Vienna By Foot – The Best Ways … Read more
Having lived in the Middle East for so long and traveled widely and written about the food, we have to admit that we consider ourselves to be something of connoisseurs of Middle Eastern cuisines – often very mistakenly reduced to just being called ‘Lebanese food’. We love a great hummus and nobody does it better … Read more
This velvety scrambled eggs with truffles recipe makes a decadent dish with fresh winter truffles. The extra creamy scrambled eggs should be silky and sensuous, which means not skimping on the butter for this dish. You can go back to your egg-white omelette tomorrow. After a run. Winter in Europe… heavy overcoats, crunchy snow, rosy … Read more
Ever since I first tried truffles in a restaurant in Zurich, I get excited when the Northern Hemisphere winter comes around and I can look forward to fresh black winter truffles. Many years ago, when I worked in publishing in Sydney, my right-hand-man had a rather tempestuous relationship with his girlfriend who was head chef for … Read more