[Note: Stock Photo Used as I didn’t take photos of this dish for some reason] Now, I love Mexican food. I don’t eat it as often as I’d necessarily like but it always hits the spot. The thing is, other than Tacos I rarely make Mexican food at home. Which is a shame, because it’s…
This weekends world food tour took us to Croatia! This seaside country opposite of Italy had a lot of interesting choices but we decided on some traditional choices: Burek – phyllo dough stuffed with a variety of cheeses, blitva – chard and yellow potatoes tossed with an unnecessary amount of garlic, and pogacha – a…
Iranian Vegetable Stew – I’m a big fan of Ottolenghi and I’ve made quite a few of his recipes in the past. I was thumbing through one of his cookbooks and saw this really tasty stew and noted it was an Iranian recipe. Perfect! I’ll make a delicious vegetarian dish and satisfy one of my…
Cachapas Con Queso – So.. these are basically corn based mozzarella en carrozza. You make a dough with PAN (a fine corn flour) and some other ingredients then fill it with cheese and then fry it lightly. It came together pretty quickly and smelled amazing. The taste had a strong corn overtone (corn flour and…
Today we jetted off to tropical Guyana! Located on the northern tip of South America – this country used to be an English colony (who hasn’t, honestly) but has strong french influences. The Cassava is a major player in the cuisine with a sauce made from them called Cassareep is called for in a lot…
Chotpoti – Bangladesh street food consisting of chickpeas, onions, peppers, and topped with a grated boiled egg. This actually came together quite quickly and the only thing I had to specifically source was the tamarind paste. Working with a new ingredient can be risky and it reared it head for this dish because the tamarind…
This weekend we visited lovely Costa Rica! Galo pinto – the national dish of Costa Rica is a very tasty rice and beans dish with a side of twice fried plantains (pantacones), and a big slice of pan de elote – sweetened cornbread made from fresh corn. Overall a flavorful combination of Latin American flavors…
This weeks world tour of food takes us to Belgium! I knew one thing immediately I wanted to make- Liege Waffles! The rest we had to do some research on and everything turns out delicious. The main dish was a chowder called waterzooi – a rich stew with chunks of carrots, leeks and chicken. The…
I mean – I didn’t have to create an entire meal as part of this challenge as I cook Italian food all the time – but since I was making all the elements (bread, pasta, dessert) I figured I’d count this meal. Mangia!(Manicotti, Rosemary Focaccia, Zeppole, and Summer Berry Granita)
Gōngbǎo Jīdīng (Sichuan Kung Pao Chicken), Pineapple Buns (Bolo Bao), Pork Egg Rolls. In my attempt to be as authentic as possible as I explore each cuisine I used the Sichuan peppers noted which were.. well.. hot. I mean.. uncomfortably spicy. The taste was phenomenal – the velvet chicken with crunchy peanuts and celery were…