Hot Brown

12 April 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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A Hot Brown sandwich (sometimes known as a Louisville Hot Brown or Kentucky Hot Brown) is an American hot sandwich originally created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926. It is a variation of traditional Welsh rarebit and was one of two signature sandwiches created by chefs at the Brown Hotel shortly after its founding in 1923. It was created to serve as an alternative to ham and egg late-night dinners.   read more…

Babka

5 April 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Babka or Bobka, also known as Baba, is the name of a sweet yeast cake originating from Central/Eastern Europe.   read more…

French Toast

29 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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French toast is a dish of sliced bread soaked in beaten eggs and often milk or cream, then pan-fried. Alternative names and variants include eggy bread, Bombay toast, gypsy toast, and poor knights (of Windsor).   read more…

Saumagen

22 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Saumagen (“sow‘s stomach“) is a German dish popular in the Palatinate. The dish is similar to a sausage in that it consists of a stuffed casing; however, the stomach itself is integral to the dish. The stomach is not as thin as a typical sausage casing (intestines or artificial casing) but rather is meat-like, being a strong muscular organ. When the dish is finished by being pan-fried or roasted in the oven, it becomes crisp.   read more…

Kofta

15 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Dost Evi Nuriş Köfte © panoramio.com – Aziz Akbiyik/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kofta is a family of meatball or meatloaf dishes found in South Asian, Central Asian, Balkan, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Caucasian cuisines. In the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat—usually beef, chicken, lamb or mutton, camel, seldom pork, or a mixture—mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients. The earliest known recipes are found in early Turkish cookbooks and call for ground lamb.   read more…

Gumbo

8 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Gumbo (Louisiana Creole: Gum-bo) is a stew that is popular among the U.S. Gulf Coast community, the New Orleans stew variation being the official state cuisine of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Gumbo consists primarily of a strongly flavored stock, meat or shellfish (or sometimes both), a thickener, and the Creole “holy trinity“: celery, bell peppers, and onions. Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener used, whether okra or filé powder (dried and ground sassafras leaves). Gumbo can be made with or without okra or filé powder.   read more…

Tafelspitz

1 March 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Tafelspitz (top of the table) is boiled veal or beef in broth, served with a mix of minced apples and horseradish. It is a classic dish of the Viennese cuisine and popular in all of Austria and the neighboring German state of Bavaria.   read more…

Tailgate party

22 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit, Sport Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Library of Congress – Carol M. Highsmith

A tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle. Tailgating, which primarily takes place in the United States and Canada, often involves consuming alcoholic beverages while barbecuing and grilling food.   read more…

Chiles en nogada

15 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Chiles en nogada is a Mexican dish of poblano chiles stuffed with picadillo (a mixture usually containing minced meat, aromatics, fruits and spices) topped with a walnut-based cream sauce called nogada, pomegranate seeds and parsley; it is typically served at room temperature. It is widely considered a national dish of Mexico.   read more…

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