Idylls of Cuisine, #74
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation. See also "India Asks, Should Food be a Right for the Poor?"]
Category Archives: Asia
Eating Cat Meat: A Taboo?
One of the most memorable sayings you learn when you first study Spanish is, “Dar/vender gato por liebre,” or to …
I was in Prison and You Did Not Feed Me
In preparation for certain medical tests (the torturous “tum-and-bum” procedure, I call it), I recently spent five days on an …
Idylls of Cuisine, #62
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Sour and Bitter Blended in the Soup of Wu:* Very Early Chinese Herbals
For years, I’ve been carting around a number of books about Chinese medicine and food, fascinated by the ancient linkage …
Culinaria Russia: A Picture Cookbook for Grownups
I’ve only known two Russian cooks in my life. First there was Olga, the cook who sustained me during my …
From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha
Because Russian Orthodox Easter falls on the same day this year (2010) as the Western Easter, it seems appropriate to …
From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi
Cabbage soup and gruel are our food. (Shchi da kasha, pishche nashe.) ~~Russian peasant proverb Trying to ferret out tidbits …
Idylls of Cuisine, #56
[A photograph, or two, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie
The kulebyaka should be appetizing, shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin. ~~ Anton Chekov, “The Siren” Fish dishes …
