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Food / Travel

In Lisbon, Caesar’s Favorite Sauce Makes A Comeback

Dropping some Garum, a special sardine-based sauce, on a plate of fish.
A few drops of a special sardine-based sauce called Garum, which enchanted Julius Caesar. Selo de Mar via Instagram

Olisipo (modern-day Lisbon) was for centuries the Roman Empire’s main supplier of garum, the exotic sardine-based sauce that enchanted Julius Caesar. Much of that cuisine has resisted time and can now be tasted in Lisbon’s restaurants.

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In The News

Foie Gras Farm

Foie Gras Farm

I once visited a foie gras farm in southwestern France, years before goose liver became one of the world’s most controversial delicacies. Désolé, but foie gras still is a péché mignon of mine.

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Economy Food / Travel

How China’s Appetite Feeds An Ecuadorian Shrimp Boom

The overall Ecuador shrimp prodution reached nearly 220,000 tons last year.
The overall Ecuador shrimp prodution reached nearly 220,000 tons last year. Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA

With shrimp consumption booming in China and production falling in traditional exporters like Vietnam, Ecuador is stepping in. It’s the latest food chapter in a globalized world.

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Food / Travel Global Gourmet

In Italian Forests, Where The “Bread Of The Poor” Grows

At the chestnut museum in Colognora
At the chestnut museum in Colognora Museo del Castagno

LAURINO — On the way to the mill, I stopped in Stazzema, in the heart of the Apuan Alps, where it was raining. I followed the step-by-step directions that Silvia gave me. She knows the trail well, as she and her partner Alex decided to move to the mill five years ago. This is “Friar’s […]

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