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The Splendor of Thai Cuisine Gourmet guide

The Splendor of Thai Cuisine

Europeans love Thai cuisine despite its radical differences from what they are used to. The culinary splendor of the Thai people offers both amazing flavors for our pleasure and genuine health…

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The Intellectuals' Drink Gourmet guide

The Intellectuals' Drink

Seasoned travelers say that only the Japanese know the secret of getting dead drunk on sake. Visitors quickly give up: by the tenth cup, swallowing the strange substance becomes tedious. And to…

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"Celestial" Dishes Gourmet guide

"Celestial" Dishes

Chinese artist Qi Baishi was very fond of shrimp. "Pfft," you'll say, "in Odessa at the Privoz market, kids crack them like sunflower seeds." That's where you'd be wrong! To like and to love — that's…

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Salt Cucumbers in Barrels Gourmet guide

Salt Cucumbers in Barrels

Unfortunately, over the past centuries traditional Russian cuisine has been displaced by foreign cuisine, which is why many recipes for wonderful dishes enjoyed by our ancestors have been forgotten…

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Old Mary and Others Gourmet guide

Old Mary and Others

The other day, New York celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Bloody Mary cocktail. On the first day of winter, citizens gathered in Times Square could warm up with the famous mixture of vodka and…

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Secrets of German Sausages Gourmet guide

Secrets of German Sausages

Since humanity learned to kill animals and eat meat, a new problem has arisen – how to preserve this meat. There were no refrigerators back then for some reason, but some clever person came up with…

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Diet for the Poor: Butterflies for Every Taste Gourmet guide

Diet for the Poor: Butterflies for Every Taste

In February, a conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was held in Thailand, dedicated to combating hunger. As a solution to this problem (nearly a billion people on the planet…

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Where to taste sivikteryn? Gourmet guide

Where to taste sivikteryn?

If you decide to celebrate New Year or Christmas abroad, you at least risk being left without the dear-to-the-heart Olivier salad and herring under a fur coat. Therefore, as TravelOnline advises, in…

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'King of Fruits' Outlawed Gourmet guide

'King of Fruits' Outlawed

When tourists arriving for a holiday in Thailand or Malaysia ask which exotic fruit they must try, they are recommended to buy durian.

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Exotics for Dessert Gourmet guide

Exotics for Dessert

In Brazil, there is an expression 'to peel a pineapple,' which means 'to accomplish a difficult task.' While traveling, during vacation, we often encounter situations where we don't know how to…

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Breakfast with a View of Montmartre Gourmet guide

Breakfast with a View of Montmartre

According to statistics, about 5% of tourists, when choosing a country to go on vacation, take into account the peculiarities of local cuisine. Another 2% are ready to travel far just to taste…

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From botvinya to gazpacho: first freshness for first courses Gourmet guide

From botvinya to gazpacho: first freshness for first courses

Summer is the best time for cold soups. First, it's hot, a spoonful of hearty soup doesn't really go down. And you look at other printanières and bouillabaisses with some fatigue. Second, now…

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