Dominika
Just give me a chicken
I stack books on a cart, I push the cart to the stacks, I find the books’ rows, and I return them to their predetermined location. It’s...
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Dominika
- Feb 13, 2022
- 3 min
French lemon tart - one more try
Bake me a dessert that’s buttery and light Fill it with custard, yellow and bright Made with ripe lemons that sit on the sill Perfuming...
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Dominika
- Feb 3, 2021
- 3 min
My romance with pan de yuca (cassava bread)
It's the best thing to bite, pandeyuca we all must have Pandeyuca is a gem from colonial times our grandparents didn´t know how without...
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Dominika
- Jul 23, 2020
- 2 min
Nasi goreng time
From Eleanor Ford's 'Fire Islands' Hormonal imbalance had me sleeping most time, and so I missed large parts of the trip my parents and I...
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Dominika
- Apr 12, 2020
- 2 min
Cooking during lockdown - memories and cravings
“Santa Battaglia tasted a spoonful of the potato salad, cleaned the spoon with her tongue, and placed the spoon neatly on a paper napkin...
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Dominika
- Apr 5, 2020
- 3 min
Cooking during lockdown - using leftovers
My dear friend, My letter will probably not reveal many “news”, since the confinement has made daily activities often repetitive and,...
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Dominika
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
From Veneto- the cookbook
Taiadele col conejo, Bigoi col ragù de anara, Faraona rosta, Bisato in umido, Linguine alle vongole e limone, Folpetti e patate, I kept...
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Dominika
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min
Banana Nut Bread
When my mother announced that she was leaving Poland with my father, back to his native country - Ecuador, my grandmother thought she...
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Dominika
- Jan 10, 2020
- 3 min
Gingerbread - a short story
- …that reminds me of the Christmas when Mark - - Here we go… Enough mom, don't start with those stories of yours again. Jeez!, it's...
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Dominika
- Nov 28, 2019
- 4 min
How to eat a peach. The cookbook club - fourth meeting
Dear Mrs. Diana Henry, Nowadays, buying a good cookbook has become an overwhelming task; there are just too many of them. Chefs,...
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Dominika
- Nov 20, 2019
- 3 min
Taking my time with you mian kao lao lao (莜面栲栳栳)
The oat noodle I have in the mountains is white and chewy, Give you a mouthful of flavor, Fill your belly substantially, And energize you...
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Dominika
- Nov 10, 2019
- 7 min
Carrot cake with rose cream - a short story
Twenty years had passed since they had last seen each other, Julia thought as she brought the fork to her mouth. The carrot cake was...
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Dominika
- Nov 1, 2019
- 2 min
The cookbook club - third meeting
Imagine, dear reader, a table with a myriad of plates of all sizes and shapes, with foods of various colors that emanate succulent aromas...
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Dominika
- Jun 14, 2019
- 3 min
Sources and further reading for the beggar's chicken post
Basler, B. (1990, April 08). FARE OF THE COUNTRY; Hong Kong's Mystery Chicken. Retrieved from The New York Times:...
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Dominika
- Jun 14, 2019
- 11 min
Cooking fiascos: beggar’s chicken (jiào huā jī, 叫化鸡)
"Then the beggar's chicken. It looked at first like a foil-wrapped whole bird, but he undid it, folded back layers of crinkly baking...
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Dominika
- May 15, 2019
- 2 min
The Cookbook Club - second meeting
Inviting people for dinner at home has become a real challenge. Chances that one or many of our friends are either celiac, vegetarian,...
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Dominika
- Apr 28, 2019
- 3 min
Sources and further reading for the post on coffee in Yunnan
ICC. (2015). Coffee in China. Retrieved from http://www.ico.org/documents/cy2014-15/icc-115-7e-study-china.pdf Angelico, I. (Director)....
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Dominika
- Apr 28, 2019
- 12 min
Talking about coffee in Yunnan with Mark from Manlao River
“This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand...
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Dominika
- Mar 21, 2019
- 3 min
The Cookbook Club - first meeting
Dear M., I can’t remember whether I mentioned it in my last letter -or not-, that recently, my friends and I started a Cookbook club,...
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Dominika
- Feb 21, 2019
- 1 min
The sweet treats at the End of the Chinese Year
“They’re called ‘classics’ for a reason”, goes the saying when it comes to food. Ayi sure believes so. “They just don’t resemble those...
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Dominika
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
No country for garlic haters - a few light verses
Memory is fragile, people often forget, spirits and vampires I was set out to chase, all of the times I’ve been invoked to protect, a...
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Dominika
- Jan 19, 2019
- 2 min
Sources and further reading for the garlic post
Afzal, M., Ali , M., Thomson , M., & Armstron , D. (2000). Garlic and its medicinal potential. Inflammopharmacology, 8(2), 123–148....
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Dominika
- Jan 19, 2019
- 9 min
No country for garlic haters
I am brushing my teeth for the second time and stuffing a piece of chewing gum into my mouth, praying that the ultra potent radioactive...
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Dominika
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
The Holiday Season
In recent years our Christmas have been exotic and colorful, different cities, different cultures. Once we celebrated it in Kota Kinabalu...
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Dominika
- Nov 28, 2018
- 2 min
Sources and further reading for the beer duck post
Anderson, E. (1988). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. Da, Q., Qing , Z., Shi , Y., Hui, Y., Yi , P., & Yong, G....
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Dominika
- Nov 28, 2018
- 10 min
Talking about life-changing decisions and beer duck* with Chloé
* Beer duck (Chinese: 啤酒鸭; pinyin: píjiǔ yā) “Whenever there was money in his pocket, he soon found himself sitting in the ryoriten*,...
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Dominika
- May 31, 2018
- 1 min
Sources and further reading for the crispy beans post
Anderson, E. (1988). The Food of China. New Haven: Yale University Press. Chang, K. (1977). Food in Chinese Culture. London: Yale...
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Dominika
- May 31, 2018
- 20 min
Talking about a foregone tofu dish, crispy beans* and life in China with Beata
*Crispy red beans with pickled vegetables (Chinese: 腌菜酥红豆; pinyin: yāncài sū hóngdòu) Before I proceed to the next Chapter, because I...
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Dominika
- Apr 13, 2018
- 1 min
Sources and further reading for the tomatoes and eggs post
Anderson Jr., E., & Anderson, M. (1977). Modern China: South. In K. (. Chang, Food in Chinese Culture (pp. 317-382). New Haven: Yale...
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Dominika
- Apr 13, 2018
- 10 min
My obsession with chinese dishes nr.1: Stir-fried tomatoes with eggs - 番茄炒蛋 fānqié chǎo dàn
What was sickening about a tomato sandwich? Harriet felt the taste in her mouth. Were they crazy? It was the best taste in the world. Her...
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Dominika
- Mar 26, 2018
- 1 min
Sources and further reading for the Chun bing post
Chung, J., Lai, H., & Joo, J.-H. (2009, 03). Assessing the "Revive the Northeast" (zhenxing dongbei) Programme: Origins, Policies and ...
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Dominika
- Mar 26, 2018
- 15 min
Talking about Spring pancakes* and interpretation with Helen
*Spring-pancake (Chinese: 春饼; pinyin: chūnbǐng) Nothing conjures memories of place and time more evocatively than food, and this is...
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Dominika
- Feb 8, 2018
- 11 min
New Year, better jiaozi
Mrs. Sung has a new kitchen-god. The old one-he who has presided over the household this twelvemonth-has returned to the Celestial...
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Dominika
- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
Sources and more reading for Dumplings topic
Anderson, E. N. (2014). Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Brown...
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