”Whenever I show up to a friend’s house for a Saturday dinner, I tend to spend that afternoon fasting so that I can optimize most of the space in my stomach for whatever delicacies my friends end up cooking up that evening. The ...
Several Latvian Easter traditions have been maintained throughout the years, making the Easter celebration very enjoyable. If one wants to avoid mosquito and horse-fly bites in the summer, on the Easter day one has to swing high on the ...
”While studying in Ireland, I can report getting slightly tipsy during my first encounter with Irish stew. I wasn’t quite sure if it was because I had the Guinness Stew version or that I simply consumed too much booze that evening, ...
”I think there are two types of people in the world: those who like to eat salty foods for breakfast and those who like to eat sweet foods for breakfast. I am a person that falls firmly in the latter category: pancakes, waffles, ...
Literally meaning, ‘the sultan liked it’, hunkar begendi is one of the most refined dishes in Turkish cuisine. The invention of this festive dish dates back to 19th century, to the times of Sultan Abdulaziz, who was a gourmet ...
Remember the mantra, adding garam masala to any dish doesn’t make it ‘Indian’? Similarly, adding curry powder to pancake mix doesn’t make it a ‘dosa’. Seriously. Being raised in South India, dosas were almost always ...
“There are many ways to encounter tofu. For many people, tofu is regarded as a diet food and often considered not very yummy. I’ve heard many friends complaining that tofu doesn’t have any flavor, and that it has a weird ...
As a vegetarian Yoga enthusiast, I’m always turning to India for inspiration, both in and outside the kitchen. One of my absolute favorite foods is Saag Paneer, which I’d eaten at many Indian restaurants before I thought, ‘Hey, I ...