cuisine
From street-food to fine dining, traditional Italian to Asian-Fusion, being well-versed in global cuisine is the first step to culinary mastery.
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During my stay in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for a month when I was a young child, I went with my father to see if his favorite childhood restaurants were still open. Vietnamese people call this city by its original name, Saigon, so I will too. The climate was hot and humid. Moreover, some of my relatives cooked for me. It was just a visit, and I couldn’t speak the language so my dad translated. But people mostly said that I was so cute and beautiful along with my twin who was shyer than I. This, however, was said in broken English so I understood part of what was said when I saw my many aunts, uncles, and cousins. There were maybe around 20 in Vietnam alone, most of which I didn’t even know I had. There were about an additional 10 in America. My father had so many siblings, nephews, and nieces that sometimes I lost count. My father said I had 50 or more relatives on his side of the family. He tends to exaggerate but I wouldn’t be so sure this time.
By Tiffany Pham5 years ago in Feast
Why I Gave Up Veganism
I went into veganism with sadness. In 2010 I watched a documentary on factory farming called Food, Inc. and I started to cry. I watched how cows were abused physically, how they cried when their children were taken from them. The bacon cheeseburger that I ate for lunch turned my stomach. I remember having to run to a toilet to vomit because I became absolutely sick to my stomach. I vowed then and there to give up all animal products and embrace veganism.
By Elizabeth Grant5 years ago in Feast
Flavors From Around the World That'll Excite Your Taste Buds
Did someone say international cuisine? Count me in! One of my favorite things to do when I'm abroad is tasting the various local dishes each country has to offer. When it's not possible for me to travel (thank you Coronavirus), I make sure to visit the international restaurants that are available in my country.
By Margaret Pan5 years ago in Feast
How Bali Taught Me To Love Tempeh. First Place in Travel Cuisine Challenge.
Before I moved to Bali, I didn't really care for tempe (or tempeh, as it's spelled in the West). The few times I'd ordered it in vegetarian restaurants, it was cooked in a stew or grilled as a whole cake, and tasted soggy or bland. But that's not the best way to eat this unique fermented food made from soybeans. Indonesia is full of a range of delicious recipes made from tempe, and the people here have been cooking with it for hundreds of years. After all, they invented tempe.
By Liz Sinclair5 years ago in Feast
Food, the Language of a Culture
According to a meme I saw on Facebook recently, Noam Chomsky once said: “A language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. All embodied in a language.”
By Tristan Mayhew5 years ago in Feast
Pepperoni Pickle Pizza
So I had a restaurant in Mexico, i made burgers and Pizza, and many were my Mexican Clientele, I offered the best food for the lowest price, and my customers returned, sometimes for seconds and thirds. Now it may seem strange, until you realize that this pizza is not your normal pizza, it is a roll. So one roll is equal to a piece of pizza, and yet people would buy three or four to consume for a meal. I now share with you the recipe, for your tastebud's pleasure.
By Jeremy Cavenagh5 years ago in Feast
Cast Iron Crayfish on the Campfire
Cast Iron Crayfish on the Campfire. This recipe is from The Shoalhaven in Coastal South Eastern Australia. In early Autumn, we harvest olives by hand at our neighbour's orchid. It's after the heat of summer has broken, and the cicadas aren't so deafening. In the shade, we drink local wine instead of water and eat freshly baked bread with butter from the dairy farms on the ocean bluffs to the East. When we go home, it's with a mason jar of our very own glistening olive oil and a sway in our steps.
By C.L.E Webster5 years ago in Feast
My GeeChee Gullah Love
The culture of the Geechees and the Gullahs blesses us from the coast of West Africa and Central Africa and ended up in the coastal Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. I use the word blessing loosely because it was on the ships of slave traders that these beautiful people would arrive here. I didn't know how deep the revelation of who they were would be for me until I realized these people were actually me. You see, my mother is a GeeChee. Ninety percent of my mothers family comes from the low country of coastal South Carolina in and around Charleston, South Carolina. I had been spending summers there since I was about nine years old. And the thing I most loved was the food and the music.
By Stacey Culbreath5 years ago in Feast
Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs (Sunday) Dinner
Traditional Newfoundland (Sunday) Jiggs Dinner. Newfoundland and Labrador has a very unique strong culture with many traditions, Jiggs dinner is just one of many. Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly part of North America, the island joined confederation in 1949 as the last province to join Canada. Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean our fisheries are a huge part of our history. Hunting and fishing is still a significant part of our culture and economy. And we are well known for our accents and cuisine.
By Tonya Newman5 years ago in Feast
