My friend Mario just sent me the sweetest greetings from Zagreb…  Apple walnut strudel from Bas restaurant, and pastry from Vincek with tiny wild strawberries bringing back wonderful memories.

Apple walnut strudel

Pastry from Vincek

Vincek is one of those Old World pastry shops that instantly force you to delete the word “calories” from your vocabulary. There’s everything from torten to cakes, pastries, and ice cream. A visit to Zagreb is not complete without a stop (or two!) at Vincek.

Vincek
Ilica 18
Zagreb, Croatia
Open Monday through Saturday 8:30AM to 11:30PM. Closed Sundays and holidays.

This is what Sunday is all about…fluffy biscuits, crispy bacon, creamy eggs, melt-in-your-mouth grillades on a bed of soft grits, juicy fried green tomatoes, and a good cup of coffee. All of the above and more is served up at “Eat”, a cool little restaurant in New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. The soft color palette and clean, modern furnishings make you feel welcome as soon as you enter the restaurant, but the food is the real show stopper here. Everything is fresh and done just right. It’s pure Southern comfort food with a New Orleans twist. The grillades are phenomenal here – intensely flavorful, and oh so tender…

Fried Green Tomato Breakfast

Grits and Grillades

Eggs Dumaine

Eat
900 Dumaine Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 522-7222

These whimsical interpretations of the classic bento lunch are by bento artist Sakurako Kitsa. Amost too pretty to eat!

I’m trying to get all my Christmas decorating sorted out early this year. I stumbled upon some lovely artificial Christmas trees and now I can’t decide which one to get! Hope to be back in the kitchen soon…

I recently had some of the best restaurant food ever…on board of an airplane! If you ever get a chance to fly business on Austrian Airlines, be prepared for some seriously delicious meals.

It all started with a little something from the flying chef on board..

Which was followed by a selection of appetizers…

Then came the soup. A creamy celery-apple soup of which I didn’t take a picture, because I was too busy enjoying it.

And three different main courses to choose from…

And on to the grand finale…a selection of deserts, cheeses, and fruit. Accompanied by after dinner drinks and sweet wine…

One of the almost cleaned out desert carts…

And the finishing touch after lunch…one of 11 specially prepared coffees from the coffee menu…

We were also served a fantastic light dinner before landing, including a heavenly apricot cake. This is what flying should taste!