A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
“Yet traditional Chilean food, although simple, has a medley of flavors, influenced by the vast diversity of plant foods and products that are naturally available. And this is all thanks to it’s varying landscape and the cultures of the native Chileans, most prominently, the Mapuches.” Danielle E. Alvarez, Lonely Planet While most of the world… Read More Chillin’ with Chile
“Who has given the wind wisdom, Lent the air a tongue so lightsome, Ready speech to the yard’s rowan, And the small birds’ tender bevy?” (from All Seemed to Be Speaking, Speaking, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, translated by C.E. Tallquist) One of the things I like about our historical themes is that I get to… Read More Poet’s Tart
“Huge, green or yellow compound fruit containing large bulbs of yellow, banana-pineapple flavored flesh. Texture is either like raw oysters or crisp and almost crunchy.” – Anonymous I have to admit, I never thought I’d see fresh jackfruit here in BA.
“Even when Canadian humour is awful it just lies there being awful in its own fresh way.” – Robert Thomas Allen, writer In the tourism industry, it’s a given that Canadian tourists are affable, i.e., they play well with others. And, in general, that’s been my experience. So the question was, what are they like… Read More RCMP: Royal Canadian Meal Plan
“It’s common sense to me that you shouldn’t eat most of the chemically treated rubbish most people seem to stuff themselves with.” – John Lennon There were the inevitable jokes about us serving beetles, there were questions of whether or not the meal would be vegetarian, since the quartet spent a good part of their… Read More Hard Day’s Night
“This is Jools’ favorite quick Saturday afternoon pasta. Every time I make it, even though it only uses a tiny fraction of my brain and takes a few minutes in the pan, she seems to be really impressed with it, so on that basis, I decided to put it in this book.” – Jamie Oliver,… Read More Nekkid ‘n Poorly Made?
“The territory of Ukraine, divided over the centuries, including Galicia, Bukovyna, Carpathian Ruthenia, and Dnieper Ukraine will now become a great united Ukraine. Dreams, for which the best sons of Ukraine fought and died for, have come true. – translation from the Zluky Act, January 22, 1919 A good percentage of my ancestors are from… Read More Day of Reunion of Ukraine
“Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.” – John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton of Aldenham Our business in private parties has picked up again, slightly later this year than usual – the last three summers we’ve been… Read More Mediterranean Privacy