World’s Tastiest Cheese is Artisan or Farmstead Cheese
In the country where I have been living some years now, France, artisan or artisanal cheese – ‘fromage artisanal’ – is really something quite normal. … Read more
Guide to Natural and Organic Gourmet Food
Biodynamic, organic, natural, whole, inorganic, non-organic, conventional, processed, natural , whole, pasture-raised, grass-fed. But what does it mean? What are the differences?
Guide for Buying The Best Truffle Online
In this post I will focus on the best places on Internet for buying the highest quality black and white truffle and related products like … Read more
Guide for Healthy Specialty Spices and Herbs
Adding flavours, colours and health benefits What would our fine food be without the flavours and colours of healthy spices, herbs and condiments? How would … Read more
Spanish Ibérico Ham is World’s Best Dry-Cured Ham
Jamón Ibérico is one of the most delicious and expensive foods in the world used in Spanish tapas. Jamón Ibérico (Spanish: [xaˈmon iˈβeɾiko]; Portuguese: presunto ibérico [pɾɨˈzũtu iˈβɛɾiku]) is a variety of Jamón, a type of cured ham companies produce in Spain and Portugal, where companies label it as presunto ibérico.
The Best Organic Bean to Bar Chocolatiers
In this post I will explain the trade model behind bean to bar. I will also highlight three chocolatiers from Italy (Amedei), France (Puyricard) and the USA (Vosges Haut-Chocolat). They all produce such high-quality and sustainable bean-to-bar chocolate.
World’s Most Expensive Artisan and or Farmstead Cheeses
Pule cheese is the most expensive cheese in the world. It is a Serbian donkey cheese made from 60% of donkey milk of Balkan donkeys and 40% of goat milk.
The Benefits of Organic Dark Chocolate
Eating dark chocolate is good for you. For many chocoholics – like me – it is one of the greatest delights in life. But you have … Read more
Matsutake, The Spicy Mushroom
Matsutake is the common name for a highly sought mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in Asia, Europe, and North America. It is prized in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisine for its distinct spicy-aromatic odor.
Cardamom, Spice from Antiquity
Cardamom, the world’s third-most expensive spice, surpassed in price per weight only by vanilla and saffron.
Mangalica, World’s Best-Tasting Pork
The Mangalica (also Mangalitsa Oig or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It produces according to many, world’s best-tasting pork. It therefore is also one of the most expensive foods. People … Read more
Prosciutto and Culatello, Italian Dry-cured Hams
Prosciutto di Parma is an Italian ‘dry-cured’ ham. Like its variants in Spain: Jamon Iberico and Jamon serrano it is one of the most expensive foods and/or Italian hams.
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a species of tuna also known as the northern bluefin tuna (mainly when including Pacific bluefin as a subspecies), giant bluefin tuna [when exceeding 150 kg (330 lb)], and formerly as … Read more
Jamón Serrano, Dry-cured Spanish Ham
Jamón serrano is ‘dry-cured’ Spanish ham. Unlike jamón de York, which producers bake or boil in salted fluid. The other and most expensive Spanish ham is Jamón Ibérico.
Hop Shoots
Hop shoots come from hops, the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent … Read more
The Story of To’ak or How to Become World’s Most Expensive Chocolate
To’ak Chocolate is an Ecuadorian company. Jerry Toth and Carl Schweizer founded To’ak (pronounced Toe-Ahk) in 2013. The company produces the most expensive chocolate in the world. To’ak’s … Read more
Southern Bluefin Tuna
The southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) is a tuna found in open southern Hemisphere waters of all the world’s oceans mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. At up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) and … Read more
Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world
Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world after saffron. It is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla, primarily from the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (V. planifolia).
Edible Swiftlet’s Nests: a Chinese Delicacy
Edible swiftlet’s nests or edible bird’s nests . Indian and other swiftlets use mucus (saliva) to create the nests. People then harvest the edible swiftlet’s nests for human consumption. … Read more
White truffle from Alba
The white truffle from Alba is the Tuber magnatum, or trifola d’Alba Madonna (“Truffle of the White Madonna” in Italian; Tuber Magnatum Pico or Alba truffle). You can find it in the Piedmont region in northern Italy.