“It’s the dawning of the age of …. asparagus …” That’s how Aldente Trattoria Vineria in Old Town advertised their asparagus specials last week on Facebook, and I thought it just brilliant. Granted, it has been stuck in my head the entire time since. But it’s something that every year takes restaurants here by storm [...]

Breweries are just as eager to find an excuse to put out a special beer as beer lovers are to drink it. In the run-up to Easter this weekend, several breweries are capitalizing on any celebration’s penchant for drink by releasing limited-edition craft beers. So, if you’re the type who prefers liquid gold to chocolate [...]

The sun is out, the temperatures are friendly, and the parks are now in bloom. For many people, myself included, the arrival of the outdoor season means a change in appetite to one thing: barbecues. This past weekend was beautiful, and I excitedly dragged out my beat-up, cheap Tesco-bought grill and fired it up. Food [...]

OK, so it mostly is. But vegetarians do have more options in Prague these days than say, back in the ’90s, when a greasy plate of fried cheese (usually cooked in the same oil as everything else and served with a removable slice of ham) was about the only option. Czech may be at heart [...]

Everyone loves a harvest feast, and the Czechs are no exception. Indeed, St. Martin’s Day, Nov. 11, has been celebrated across Europe with feasting since as early as the 4th century. Fasting traditionally started on St. Martin’s Day itself, lasting for 40 days — what later became known as Advent. And, naturally, the day before [...]

Taking a break from finishing up The Prague Post’s Dining Guide 2011 (in bookstores and newsstands near you), I was reading through some restaurant reviews on The New York Times. Sam Sifton, the paper’s food critic, recently reviewed a little place called Vandaag in the East Village. Several paragraphs in, my mouth fell open at [...]

I knew I knew that burger from somewhere. Sitting at Restaurace  Studentská in Prague 6 the other night, watching a friend devour it, a bell was going off somewhere in the part of my subconscious reserved for burgers. The chicken quesadilla I was eating, too, seemed familiar, in a good way: A simply griddled, folded [...]

I usually find that my holiday snaps from trips to the States include just as many pictures of food as ones of friends and family. There are just too many dishes that I miss while I’m away, and I’ll often find myself looking back through past photos and sighing over the memory of certain dishes. [...]

The Hotel Okoř Family Restaurant is one of those places that deserve a special occasion. Luckily for me, and for their business, I suppose, I am quite good at justification, and can extend the concept of “special occasion” to include, among other things, simply really, really wanting to go there. The ruins of the Okoř [...]

The promise of a photo op does for the Beautiful People what the claim of “free beer” does for the rest of us. It brings people out in giddy droves. But while modelly types kind of all seem the same, somehow, especially after a few drinks, the specialty beers flowing from the taps at the [...]