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Kitchen Adventure #6 from Eritrea - Chocolate Rum Cake (Post)
The adventure: This weekend is Coptic or Orthodox Easter! I'll be honest, I found this recipe from Eritrea when I was looking for Muslim recipes before the last adventure, so I was THRILLE ...
Kitchen Adventure #26 to Korea - Mapo Ragu (Korean Spicy Minced Pork)(Post)The adventure: Yeah yeah, I know. I've already done Korea. BUT I came across the spicy minced pork from Korea in a morning email and it looked so flipping yummy that I decided to double stamp my adve ...
Kitchen Adventure #25 from a place of desperation - Rambutan Butter Cake(Post)The adventure: Annddd the wheels have officially fallen off the train. The pick a recipe and go from there system has gone kerflooey. So a friend took me to an international market when I was in St L ...
Kitchen Adventure #7 from Colombia: Sudado con Pollo(Post)The adventure: Next week is Ascension Day in Colombia, a Christian holiday, so I'm back in the Western hemisphere for the next adventure. I made the decision to select an easy recipe this go round, b ...
Kitchen Adventure #17 to Iran: Ash (Pomegranate Meatball Stew)(Post)The adventure: I love a good stew. It's somewhat of a craving for me. If I have a rough week, feel under the weather, need a little pick me up, I go for a good stew. This week, for whatever reason, I ...
Kitchen Adventure #27 to Germany - Soft Pretzels(Post)The prequel: I love ethnic traditions. I don't have what you could call a culturally intriguing heritage, though, so it's not always easy to get in touch with my ancestors. This year, however, I did ...
Kitchen Adventure #28 to Armenia - Manti and Ghapama (Dumplings and Pilaf)(Post)The prequel: Hoooo...lllyyyy...crap. It's the third year in a row I'm looking in the rearview and saying to myself, "What the heck was that?!?" It's been a beat. Bought and started refurbishing a hou ...
Kitchen Adventure #8 from Bhutan - Hirshon Boiled Dumplings and Momo Steamed Dumplings(Post)This week's adventure: Tuesday of last week was Lord Buddha's Parinirvana in Bhutan. I'm not very familiar with Buddhist holidays, but from what I've been reading, this is one of the most important o ...
Kitchen Adventure #9 to England - Beef Wellington (Post)This week's adventure: So did you know that the Queen celebrates her birthday twice? There's the official date, April 21, and then the national celebration the 2nd Saturday in June that's combined wi ...
Kitchen Adventure #15 to Mexico - Tacos al Pastor(Post)The adventure: For those who weren't aware, this past week was Dia de los Muertos...Day of the Dead. While the name may sound gruesome and creepy, it's actually a fabulous day that's dedicated to cel ...
Kitchen Adventure #11 to Hartsfield - Chocolate Mint Patty Cookies(Post)This week's adventure: This Saturday is my family reunion, so I'm heading up north to the family homestead. Officially, according to the post office, it's a town called Liberty. Unofficially, my m ...
Adventure #21 to Denmark - Fastelavnsboller (Danish Carnival Buns)(Post)The prequel: It's been a while. Like...almost two years a while. My life took a turn, shall we say. My mom died, then my dad got sick / died, then my dog died, then I closed my brick and mortar store ...
Kitchen Adventure #5 from Comoros: Langouste a la Vanille and Mkatra Foutra (Post)This week's adventure:It's the start of Ramadan! Mhm...that means I had choices upon choices of countries to choose from. And I have to say, it's sooooo much harder to make a decision when you have t ...
Kitchen Adventure #10 to Somalia - Bariis Ishkukaris (Rice with Chicken)(Post)This week's adventure: We're heading to Somalia! On July 1, 1960, British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland were reunified and declared their Independence. The two territories, after 70 years of bein ...
Kitchen Adventure #1 from Germany: Fastnachts (Those Shrove Tuesday Donuts) (Post)I quit blogging several years ago. It became one more thing in a barrel full of one more things. The anxiety of what topic to choose...trying to be informative, slightly opinionated, maybe a little f ...
Kitchen Adventure #2 from South Korea: Pa'chon (Crispy Rice Flour Pancakes)(Post)This week's adventure:I needed a plan. I mean, I'm committed to kitchen adventuring over the next who knows how many months. But what do I cook? What countries do I choose and how? I can literally po ...
Adventure #20 to Poland: Bagels (Post)This week's adventure: I'm totally stoked. I've always wanted to make bagels, so this is my chance to cross off a location on my kitchen adventure bucket list.Pre-adventure jitters: Boiling. Ser ...
Kitchen Adventure #14 to Venezuela - Bollos Pelones (meat stew dumplings)(Post)This week's adventure: As the world celebrates Columbus Day, there are a handful of nations who approach the day with a completely different point of view as they celebrate National Indigenous Resist ...
Kitchen Adventure #18 to India - Kerala Plum Cake(Post)The adventure: So I have this tradition. Every Christmas, I ask my customers what they're having for dinner. I always find it fascinating. You see, while Thanksgiving Dinner is pretty well estab ...