My Russian mimosa salad recipe makes a layered salad from the Soviet Union or USSR that was typically served for festive spring holidays such as Easter. The original Soviet-era salad was layered in a glass bowl or served as a kitschy salad cake. I prefer to present fun DIY salads in individual glasses with bowls, … Read more
Our best egg recipes were concocted for breakfast and brunch in kitchens around the world for our Weekend Eggs series. However, as the breakfast for dinner trend isn’t going anywhere, I thought it time to re-present our best egg recipes as a collection of egg dishes that make brilliant breakfast for dinner, supper and lunch … Read more
The best chocolate shops in the world are in the cities you expect to find them – Barcelona, Vienna and Paris. This is our guide to the finest chocolate makers and chocolate houses in three of our favourite European cities – and our tips for nearby lodgings for chocolate lovers if you want to make … Read more
Good Friday or Vendredi Saint is marked in no small way in the town of Perpignan in Southern France with the Procession de la Sanch. This slow, somber march through the streets of the old town opens the Easter Holy Week or La Semaine Sainte celebrations. Even when we arrived a few hours before the Procession de la Sanch, … Read more
“The town is alive – there’s always something going on,” Carl, our host in Perpignan, had told us when he took us for a coffee shortly after we arrived. “I’ll hear a trumpet and drums from my window and I’ll stick my head out and there’ll be a band and crowd moving down the street, … Read more