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Greek Appetizer SPANAKOPITA INGREDIENTS 8 green onions 2 medium brown onions 2 pounds fresh spinach ½ cup butter (½ cup more later) ½ cup olive oil 3 eggs 1 pound feta cheese 2½ tablespoons dill […]
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Beans and Rice and How Carroty Omissions Caused The American Revolution
Cuban Entree MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (beans and rice) INGREDIENTS 12 ounces dry black beans 2½ cups long white rice 5 cups chicken stock 1 green bell pepper 3 garlic cloves 1 medium onion 2½ tablespoons […]
An Entree From a Country With Two Ys and a Z in its Name
Kyrgyztani Entree LAGMAN (lamb stew) INGREDIENTS 1 pound wide homemade noodles or pre-made lasagna noodles 1 pound lamb or beef 4 garlic cloves 2 onions 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 carrot 2 red bell peppers […]
One Day Injera and the Looming One-Ton Tomato
Ethiopian Entree ONE DAY INJERA (flatbread) INGREDIENTS 1½ cups teff flour 2 cups water ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons ghee or vegetable oil Makes 4 injeras. Takes 24 hours to ferment […]
Moravian Christmas Cookies, the DMV, and Murder
Czech Dessert MORAVIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES INGREDIENTS 1 teaspoon baking soda 1½ tablespoons warm water 1 cup brown sugar 1¼ cups molasses ½ cup shortening or lard 4 cups flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon ¾ teaspoon ground […]
Tucuman Empanadas and Why We Conquer
Argentinian Entree TUCUMAN EMPANADAS INGREDIENTS – DOUGH ¾ cup lard or shortening (⅓ cup more later) 5 cups flour 3 teaspoons salt ⅔ cup water INGREDIENTS – FILLING ¾ pound rump or tenderloin steak ⅔ […]
Estonian Pancakes and Superpowers
Estonian Breakfast PANNKOOGID (pancake) INGREDIENTS 1 cup flour ¼ teaspoon salt 2½ tablespoons sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups milk ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons butter lingonberries or blueberries for topping SPECIAL UTENSIL electric […]
Omelette Curry and Forgotten Voyages of Discovery
Sri Lankan Breakfast OMELETTE CURRY INGREDIENTS – OMELETTE 3 green chiles 1 large onion (1 more later) 3 fresh curry leaves or 3 teaspoons dried leaf fragments or 3 teaspoons dried basil (10 leaves more […]
Bun Cha, Man Buns, and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnamese Entree BUN CHA INGREDIENTS 2 shallots 5 tablespoons fish sauce or oyster sauce or soy sauce (3 more tablespoons later) ¾ teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons sugar (2 more tablespoons later) 1 pound thinly sliced […]
Rabbit Racecars and the Thirty Years War
American Dessert RABBIT RACECARS INGREDIENTS food dye vial 4 TwinkiesTM 4 PeepsTM 4 mini white fudge or yogurt covered pretzels 16 mini OreosTM PREPARATION Carefully use the food-dye vial to make a number on the […]