Posted in holidays, recipes on December 19th, 2007 16 Comments »
The first time that I ever had Swedish Meatballs was at a New Years Party held by one of my Mum’s friends when I was about 5 years old. His mother was an elderly lady who loved to cook and she whipped up a whole Crockpot full of the little beauties.
They’ve been a personal […]
Posted in recipes, soups on December 7th, 2007 No Comments »
What are we having for dinner tonight?
When I asked myself this, at around 1pm today, I had no answer. So I strolled into the kitchen to see what we had the most of.
The answer to that was carrots.
It was snowing this afternoon and the sky had been promising to do it all morning long. […]
Posted in recipes on December 4th, 2007 No Comments »
This quickie that I whipped up tonight reminded me of the wild foods that we taste-tested in my Ethnobotany & Anthropology course way back in undergraduate school.
I have always had an interest in wild healing herbs and wild foods that are available in my local environment.
Not that I claim this to be a recipe which […]
Posted in Indian, recipes on November 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
By far my absolute favorite ethnic vegetarian dish in the world is Aloo Mutter. Being from the U.S. I have always wondered if that is the correct spelling, as the spelling differs depending on which Indian restaurant you visit. I prefer spelling it Aloo Mattar.
When I lived in Britain they called it Aloo […]
Posted in recipes on November 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
Woohoo! Papa and Mama have finally given steamed dumplings a try.
Papa, who was born in Kyrgyzstan but grew up in Ukraine, has very fond memories of steamed dumplings from his childhood. On special holidays the whole family would get together and make over two-hundred dumplings within a 24-hour period.
I only recently fell in […]
