Shrimp Creole and Space Travel
Cajun Entree SHRIMP CREOLE INGREDIENTS ⅔ cup rice 1½ pounds shrimp will shells on 1⅓ cups water 1 stalk celery 2 garlic cloves 1 green bell pepper 1 large onion 3 tablespoons butter ½ teaspoon […]
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Coconut Pepper Steak and Xavier Cougat, Mathematician
Mauretanian Entree COCONUT PEPPER STEAK INGREDIENTS 2 cups rice 3 tablespoons cornstarch ¼ cup dry white wine 3 green bell peppers 3 garlic cloves 3 pounds beef tenderloin 2 cubes beef bouillon ⅓ cup peanut […]
Pork Loin And Deadly Dancing
American Entree PORK LOIN WITH SHERRY AND RED ONIONS INGREDIENTS 4 garlic cloves 9 pearl onions 2 tablespoons fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried 2 red onions ¼ cup butter 2 pounds pork tenderloin 1 […]
Tomato Bread and First World Vampiric Problems
Andorran Appetizer PA AMB TOMÀQUET (Tomato Bread) INGREDIENTS 4″ baguette or crusty Italian bread 4 garlic cloves 4 big, ripe tomatoes 8 teaspoons olive oil (1 teaspoon per slice) ¼ teaspoon pepper ¼ teaspoon salt […]
How to Say All Over the World, “No lutefisk, please, it makes me ill. Where is the nearest taco truck?”
“No lutefisk, please, it makes me ill. Where is the nearest taco truck?” I used GoogleTM Translate to translate the above phrases into the following languages. You might never need to use these words […]
Shrimp Soup and the Fate of the T-Rexes
Chilean Soup SHRIMP SOUP (Chupe de Camarones) INGREDIENTS 6 slices white bread 1 12-ounce can evaporated milk 1 medium onion 1 small carrot 1 stalk celery 1 red bell pepper 2 cups water ½ cup […]
Avocados With Tuna and New Kitchen Inventions
Bissau Guinean AVOCADOS WITH TUNA (Abacate Com Atum) INGREDIENTS 2½ tablespoons freshly * grated coconut (9½ tablespoons more later) 2 large or 4 small ripe avocados 1 6-ounce can tuna 9½ tablespoons freshly grated coconut […]
Tiramisu and Russia’s Cat Tsar
Italian Dessert TIRAMISU INGREDIENTS 6 lady fingers 6 egg yolks ⅔ cup sugar ½ teaspoon rum extract or 2 tablespoons rum or Marsala wine 1 pound marscapone* ½ cup room-temperature espresso 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa […]
Beef Noodle Soup and Susan’s Ladder to Mars
Taiwanese Soup BEEF NOODLE SOUP INGREDIENTS 5 garlic cloves 1 inch ginger root 6 scallions (white part of green onions) 1 Roma tomato 2 Thai chiles or red chiles 8 cups water (or enough to […]
Banana Fritters and the Golden Age of Musicals
Djiboutian Breakfast BANANA FRITTERS INGREDIENTS 3 ripe bananas ½ teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons sugar ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup flour ¼ cup butter 2½ teaspoons honey (½ teaspoon per fritter) Makes 5 fritters. Takes […]