Purple Pain
I pictured myself venturing out in public with a red and swollen face, so I waited until I had two days with nothing planned. Finally, the time was right. I pulled the cup of wax […]
Tag: GINGER
Ginger Millet Porridge and Weightlessness
Equatorial Guinean Breakfast GINGER MILLET PORRIDGE INGREDIENTS 1 cup millet flour 1 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon grated ginger (or ¼ teaspoon ginger powder) 1⅓ cups water 1⅓ cups milk ¼ teaspoon cinnamon Makes 3 bowls. […]
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 […]
Indonesian Chicken and Why the Government Works So Slowly
Indonesian Entree AJAM ROEDJAK (Sweet and Spicy Chicken) INGREDIENTS* 2 pounds chicken breasts 2 garlic cloves 7 kemirie or macadamian nuts 3½ tablespoons peanut oil ½ tablespoon grated ginger 2 teaspoons grated galangal or grated […]
Dutch Cookies and the Best Ways to Celebrate Redheads
Dutch Dessert SPECULAAS (Dutch cookie) INGREDIENTS 1¼ cups butter (2½) sticks 1⅓ cups brown sugar 1 medium egg ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon nutmeg […]
Ginger Chicken and a Safe Laotian Festival
Laotian Entree GINGER CHICKEN INGREDIENTS 3 garlic cloves 2 shallots 2½” fresh ginger 5 chicken breasts 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1½ tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons oyster sauce* 3 tablespoons soy sauce 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro […]
Chicken Jalfrezi and Magic-wand Faux Pas
Pakistani Entree CHICKEN JALFREZI INGREDIENTS 2 green bell peppers 2 green chile peppers 2 garlic cloves 1 onion 2 tomatoes 1.5 pounds boneless chicken 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 chili powder 1 tablespoon ginger ½ […]
Afghan Chicken Stew and A Maze to Solve
Afghan Entree QORMA LAWAND (chicken stew) INGREDIENTS 4 chicken breasts or 2 pounds chicken 3 garlic cloves 2 onions 2 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon lime juice 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons peanut […]
Kabsa Spice Mix and William Shakespeare
Saudi Appetizer KABSA SPICE MIX INGREDIENTS 2 1/4 teaspoons allspice 2 1/4 teaspoons cardamom 3/4 teaspoon cloves, ground ½ tablespoon coriander ½ tablespoon cinnamon ½ tablespoon fennel 3/4 teaspoon ginger ½ teaspoon lime or orange […]
The words speak for themselves
I am the fastest man to have ever walked out of a woman’s shoe shop and that’s a fact but it’s also a story for another day. Today we concentrate on a study that […]