Welcome to HungryMonster!
Recipes and food facts to make you a better cook.We're dedicated to bringing you the best recipes, cooking, restaurant and dining information on the Internet. Our service will educate, inform and make you hungry! Our mission is to present all aspects of dining at restaurants in your area, or wherever your destination may be. Our search tools and Cuisine and Food glossaries, allow you to make more informed decisions in your dining experience.
Cuisines from around the World
Cajun
In the later part of the seventeenth century, the Spanish encouraged European aristocrats to settle in South Louisiana and develop the city of New Orleans. The Creole style of cooking came from both the Europeans and from the Spanish themselves. It is a cuisine much like the French provincal style of cooking where lots of fresh herbs, spices and vegetables are used. Sauces are rich and flavorful u
Read More
Irish
Modern Irish restaurant cuisine only scarcely resembles the rustic peasant foods of medieval days. Young chefs have traveled away from and back to their native island, training in between at Michelin starred restaurants and trendy American cooking schools. As a result, you can find indigenous ingredients prepared with French or Asian techniques and a decidedly lighter touch. In the kitchens of the
Read More
Romanian
Romania's cuisine was somewhat influenced by the other peoples that lived on its territory such as the ethnic Hungarians and Germans that are still living in the middle and western parts of Romania. In the past, the territory of Romania was under Turkish rule for many hundreds of years and there are still considerable influences. Dishes such as sarma(le), mousaka, baklava, saraigli, mititei, halva
Read More