Cuisine… Making Japchae (잡채), Once a Royal Dish. 2 Feb 20252 Feb 2025 This is my favorite Korean dish. I had no idea it was once a royal dish! Though I can see why... It took me two hours to make it! I…
Cuisine… A Look at Korean Cuisine, Focusing on… Soups! 22 Jan 202522 Jan 2025 I realized the existence of South Korea quite late in my life. To be precise 2016! While talking to a friend of mine about what TV series he was watching,…
Cuisine… Making Ugali with Brochettes 15 Jun 202415 Jun 2024 Of all the dishes I wrote in my last post. The one I was most curious about was Ugali. This was because it was made basically with one ingredient: cornmeal…
Cuisine… Traditional Rwandan Dishes 8 Jun 2024 Rwandan cuisine is greatly based on vegetables that they can grow themselves. Hutus and Twas relied in these food staples: bananas, plantains, sweet potatoes, beans and cassava (manioc). The Tutsis…
Cuisine… Piparkūkas, Latvian Gingerbread Cookies 29 Dec 202329 Dec 2023 I love making gingerbread cookies during the Christmas Season, and I decided to try making a Latvian version. Two things differed from my recipe at first glance, the use of pepper…
Colombia… Making Ajiaco Colombiano 13 Apr 202315 Apr 2023 This is a delicious chicken-potato soup from Colombia. I think it is the same dish as Ajiaco Potato Soup from Peru and Pisca Andina from Venezuela. So it is probably…
Colombia… Colombian Coffee 7 Apr 2023 Why is it the best in the world? I'll start by saying that I don't like coffee. I know and the worst part is that as a person born and…
Cuisine… I ate at a Burmese/Myanmar Restaurant! 30 Dec 202230 Dec 2022 A very good friend told me about a Burmese restaurant walking distance from my home! It had not occurred to me to look for one! So thankful! So I finally…
Cuisine… Making Mohinga, Myanmar’s National Dish 1 Nov 2022 Mohinga is a fish noodle soup. It is eaten all over Myanmar at all times of the day but especially at breakfast. It has so many strong tasting spices, I…
Central African Republic… Making Kanda, Central African Pumpkin Seeds Meatballs. 24 Jul 202224 Jul 2022 Hi! Today I want to show you another dish I made that is very popular in the Central African Republic: Kanda. I made this dish when I made the Fufu,…
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