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A café paradise in Vinohrady and Žižkov
Prague’s Vinohrady and Žižkov are two up-and-coming culinary neighbourhoods full of quaint cafés and charming watering holes. Since living in the area, I’ve tried to spend…
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A Czech cafeteria that serves all of the classic dishes from grandmother’s house
Even though I am not blessed with a Czech grandmother who can offer me some of the traditional dishes from Czech cuisine, I discovered the next best thing in the form of a…
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Artisanal ice creameries are churning out frozen treats that beat the heat
Amidst the sweltering summer, like many Czechs, I began to crave some ice cream. Thankfully, this frozen substance has become something of a universal language, so it was…
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Up and at’em! Four Hearty Breakfasts in Prague
“Eat breakfasts like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper” – that’s my motto. I had been told that breakfast on the continent would be quite different…
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Prague’s Gastronomy Museum: A valuable source of Czech food history
I wish I had visited the Gastronomy Museum when I first arrived in Prague, so that I would have understood where Czech culinary traditions originated from before embarking…
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Customer Service in Prague
The first time I heard the phrase, “it is not possible”, I was at a Czech restaurant near Andel in the middle of winter, when my freezing Californian toes were not yet…
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A survival guide for Czech dining etiquette
I have discovered that dining etiquette in Prague is different from that back in the United States. Something that I have noticed since eating out in Prague is the…
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The Search for Seafood in Prague
Despite the fact that fried carp is the Christmas meal, the Czechs do not consume much fish. However, in recent years, restaurants have started offering more local…
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Vegetarianism in a meat-dominated land
This week I challenged myself by eliminating the prime ingredient from the Czech diet — meat. I learned the phrase jsem vegetariánka (I’m vegetarian) in preparation for my…
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Prague’s farmer’s markets are a foodie’s paradise
Farmers’ markets have become an inescapable phenomenon for anyone interested in the culinary opportunities on offer in Prague. I’ve discovered that the markets in Anděl…