Tastingmenu is focused on superlative restaurant experiences from two perspectives: behind the plate and behind the stove. Tasting menu is written by Hillel (professional eater) and Dana (up-and-coming professional chef) in Seattle, Washington. Tasting menu has always been focused on superlative restaurant experiences. Now you get that focus from two perspectives: behind the plate and behind the stove. We’re excited to embark on this new chapter of tasting menu. We hope you are too - (Read more)

Nearly every culture invents a food that is weird or disgusting to outsiders. These strange foods from around the world are cultural markers to show who's a member (insiders like it) and who's not a member (outsiders hate it.) Maybe a group of kids started eating it on a dare. They then perpetuate it (perpetrate it) on the next generation. Then they nudge each other and laugh when outsiders gag - (Read more)

The Food Reference Website is constantly growing, and new content is added daily to various sections. Foodreference.com now contains over 12,000 pages. Since its beginnings in 1999, Foodreference.com has maintained an excellent reputation, and has been recommended as a resource by countless magazines, newspapers, universities, food critics and cookbook authors, television and radio programs, and thousands of other food related websites - (Read more)