A look at local food discoveries, whether it’s a particular dish or an ingredient, often with one or more recipes.
“And Tom brought him chicken soup until he wanted to kill him. The lore has not died out of the world, and you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either.” – John Steinbeck, East of Eden I’m… Read More For What Ails You
“Each heart taken is one point, and the Queen of spades is a whopping 13 points. If a single player takes all 13 hearts cards, and the queen of spades, the effect on the scoring is reversed all other players receive 26 points. This is called “shooting the moon.” – from the rules for Hearts… Read More Shoot the Moon
“Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.” – Marcus Valerius Martial, poet Buenos Aires – Some of you may remember last year’s Masters of Food and Wine event, which, other than one negative… Read More Rare ≠ Quality
“Singapore’s other primal passion is eating, and it really is fairly difficult to find any food in Singapore about which to complain. About the closest you could come would be the observation that it’s all very traditional fare of one kind or another, but that hardly seems fair…. The food in Singapore, particularly the endless… Read More We Go Hawker
“Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let’s stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.” – Anne Raver, author, specialist in gardening books Buenos Aires – It’s strange. I openly declare, nearly two years ago,… Read More Golden Ears
“Our great challenge, our great battle, is to produce food in Nicaragua. We have to fill Nicaragua with food, even in our yards at home, we have to plant a little bit of beans and corn. This will mean income, and will assure us food… it will allow us to export to international markets, to… Read More Sandwichnistas
“I never planned in my imagination, a situation so heavenly A fairy land that no one else could enter – from Stars Fell On Alabama Buenos Aires – Thirty years ago this past weekend, the Shah of Iran’s reign over the country once known as Persia ended, and he and his family fled to Egypt.… Read More A Shah Fell On Eslamabad
“Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.” – Catherine Douzel Buenos Aires – I have no idea who this Catherine Douzel is – according to Google, the above quote appears 1,020 times on the internet, but I can’t find any information about her – perhaps it’s one of those misspellings (of a similar name)… Read More To Tea or Not to Tea