https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor#comment-265891 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:52:48 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=9983#comment-265891 […] just got interesting. I mean, a bit of a cheat, since the claim is that this dish is all about the cashew fruit (not the nut, but the fruit that the nut is attached to), but it’s only a small element to […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor#comment-265330 Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:01:04 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=9983#comment-265330 […] course. Underneath is basically diced cashew apple, the fruit attached to the nut (see midway down this post from Iquitos) with a little red onion and cilantro, topped by a scoop of shaved ice flavored with […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor#comment-244317 Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:36:35 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=9983#comment-244317 […] Amazónico – finally, not a fanciful name – paiche (those huge freshwater fish we checked out in Iquitos a couple of years ago), wok sauteed with pisco, culantro (different from cilantro), tamarillo, and, […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor#comment-239224 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:34:24 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=9983#comment-239224 […] al carbón – grilled paiche, the monster fish of the Amazon – remember our visit to the paiche farm? Or the Belén market? Served over a buttery cauliflower puree and topped with a brunoise of […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20130719/the-yawn-factor#comment-233502 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:08:13 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=9983#comment-233502 […] – our version of this classic Amazonian dish – cod cooked “en papillote” with shiso leaf, tomato, red onion, capers, garlic, […]

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