Archive for July 23rd, 2012

What’s in a name?

It wasn’t that long ago that they celebrated National French Fry Day in the States. Now, here’s something interesting to drop into any culinary conversation: in far too many countries outside America and Europe, those French fries are called “American fries”. Hardly accurate, but then again, perhaps calling those fries French in the first place might not be that accurate either. That’s because there are many clues that they may have originated in … Belgium. And here are some of those clues.

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July 23 2012 | Destinations | No Comments »