Ingredients

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Spain

I thought I knew something about fish until I met up with Aitor Arregi, who heads the kitchen at Elkano, a seafood restaurant in Getaria…

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Ingredients

Olive oil is a staple ingredient in Mediterranian cooking, and was once so plentiful in southern Italy that it was used to fuel street lamps.…

Tortellini
Italy

Written by Edoardo Celadon There’s likely no country in the world that has exported its cuisine better than Italy. To be honest, we Italians usually…

Guisantes Lagrima
Ingredients

Smaller, flatter, more delicate and grain-like than the garden variety, guisante lágrima (teardrop pea) is both expensive and requires princesses-worthy care. Known by some as…

Tarte aux clémentines
France

From the perfectly crunchy baguette tradition to a fluffy croissant, good bread is abundant in France, but Alex Croquet pushes the art of baking to a whole…

Meleon
Ingredients

From seasonal fruits and vegetables, picked at specific times of day, to local seafood found only at exact depths, seasons and locations, Japanese ingredients are…

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Interviews

Yukitaka Yamaguchi is, without any doubts, a very important man at Toyosu market and one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met in Tokyo.…

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