Piemontese-Style Potato Gnocchi
The potato dumpling or gnocchi originates from Northern Italy where the cooler climate was better suited for growing potatoes rather than grains…
Travel Changed Me
I started Epicurean Exchange Culinary Travel in October 2014 when I invited a group of 8 traveling guinea pigs to join me in Paris for a 2-week homestay…
Pear-Currant-Cognac Flaugnarde Cups
The classic clafoutis is a baked French dessert of black cherries arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan-like batter; baked and dusted with powdered sugar. When the clafoutis is made with fruits other than cherries, the dish is properly called…
The Kitchen Changed Me
“You can always tell when a person has worked in a restaurant. There’s an empathy that can only be cultivated by those who’ve stood between a hungry mouth and a $28 pork chop…”
Apple-Cranberry Chutney
As a child growing up in the 60s and 70s, our holiday table always included canned Ocean Spray cranberry sauce which arrived to the table in a bowl still in the shape of the can it came in. I don’t believe I ever saw a fresh cranberry until I was in my 20s…
Turkey Sausage, Apple & Dried Cherry Stuffing
To stuff or not to stuff, is that a question?
Yes it is! For more than a decade now, we food professionals have been instructed not to recommend stuffing the holiday turkey with a stuffing…
About Me
Chef Charlie
For over 25 years, I have been an independent chef, cooking instructor, recipe and food writer, culinary travel guide, and owner of Epicurean Exchange Culinary Travel. And NOW, writer and content developer for this new weblog, Epicurean-Global-Exchange. During the challenges of the 2020 pandemic, I began looking for new ways to engage those interested in our usual offerings, of food, travel, lifestyle topics. My work has always been led by purpose: to not just teach, but offer quality, skills and life-affirming moments; to not just travel, but open the world to its personalities and possibilities; to not just inform, but to inspire to learn and grow with knowledge and perspective. To make the lives of our readers better, richer. And in turn, this is paid forward to their families, friends, communities and the places they call home in this world.
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