Comments on: Roots – Chapter One

By: The L Word – Chicken & Rice, So Nice – SaltShaker

The L Word – Chicken & Rice, So Nice – SaltShaker — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:54:54 +0000

[…] Peel and dice the yuca root, peel and slice the plantain. […]

By: The L Word – Northern Root – SaltShaker

The L Word – Northern Root – SaltShaker — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:41:58 +0000

[…] Today, we’re headed to the northeast of the country, where Corrientes province (in pink) is bordered to the east primarily by Brazil, with a short frontier with Uruguay, and to the north by Paraguay, and Misiones province. In particular, this version is called Locro de mandioca, with mandioca or yuca root, filling in for the squash used in many other versions. I’ve written in detail before about both the root and how to prepare it, here. […]

By: The Bread & Soup Project #55 – Equatorial Guinea – SaltShaker

The Bread & Soup Project #55 – Equatorial Guinea – SaltShaker — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:29:01 +0000

[…] yucca – you’ve seen me use this root before, it’s common in Andean cooking, and I have a step-by-step writeup on how to prep it from a good 16 years ago. Now, there are a trio of versions of pissoj, […]

By: The Bread & Soup Project #54 – El Salvador – SaltShaker

The Bread & Soup Project #54 – El Salvador – SaltShaker — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:46:02 +0000

[…] cuisine relies heavily on corn. Yuca also has a strong presence. Not suprisingly, the cooking has its roots in the various indigenous […]

By: The Bread & Soup Project #23 – Bolivia

The Bread & Soup Project #23 – Bolivia — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:45:58 +0000

[…] peeled the root (actually, this was a large root, I only used half of it) – details of how to work with mandioca can be found here. As usual, too many variations on the recipe to come up with one set standard, but in the end, […]

By: The Bread & Soup Project #19 – Belize

The Bread & Soup Project #19 – Belize — Sun, 24 Sep 2017 13:30:09 +0000

[…] soup of fish cooked in coconut milk. We have here… coconut milk, green plantains, taro root, cassava root, bell peppers, cilantro, onion, rocoto (again, in place of habanero), garlic, salt, pepper, and […]