DominikaMar 292 minFrom Veneto- the cookbookTaiadele col conejo, Bigoi col ragù de anara, Faraona rosta, Bisato in umido, Linguine alle vongole e limone, Folpetti e patate, I kept reading the names of ...
DominikaFeb 242 minBanana Nut BreadWhen my mother announced that she was leaving Poland with my father, back to his native country - Ecuador, my grandmother thought she would never see her aga...
DominikaJan 103 minGingerbread - 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 always the same with you...
DominikaDec 5, 20193 minRecipe for the apricot tartHe goes through an alley of chipped walls, nosing around in Austro-Hungarian barracks he highlights a few phrases in blood gothic, ostrakon of the urgency: I...
DominikaDec 4, 20192 minRecipe for the honeycomb noodles you mian kao lao lao (莜面栲栳栳) Adapted from an Andrew Wong's recipe, in A. Wong -The Cookbook Ingredients For the noodles 120g oat flour, plus extra if needed 50ml boiling water For sesame...
DominikaNov 28, 20194 minHow to eat a peach. The cookbook club - fourth meetingDear Mrs. Diana Henry, Nowadays, buying a good cookbook has become an overwhelming task; there are just too many of them. Chefs, politicians, writers, painte...
DominikaNov 27, 20191 minPopular folk song about the Guyang oat noodleThe oat noodle I have in the mountains is white and chewy, Give you a mouthful of flavor, Fill your belly substantially, And energize you for a productive wo...
DominikaNov 20, 20193 minTaking 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 for a productive wo...
DominikaNov 11, 20191 minCarrot cake, by Linda ChenYou said you liked carrot cake, right? Lemon cream cheese icing. I’ll make one. With lashings and lashings of cream cheese, you can just eat that straight if...
DominikaNov 10, 20192 minRecipe for the spiced carrot, pistachio and almond cake with rosewater creamRecipe from Sabrina Ghayour’s Persiana Ingredients 3 large free-range eggs 200g caster sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 200g ground almonds 100g desiccated coconu...
DominikaNov 10, 20197 minCarrot cake with rose cream - a short storyTwenty years had passed since they had last seen each other, Julia thought as she brought the fork to her mouth. The carrot cake was reddish orange like the ...
DominikaNov 8, 20191 minPaper Lantern, by Stuart DybekWe sit at one of the five Formica tables –our favorite, beside the window- and the waitress immediately brings the menu and tea. Really, in a way, this is th...
DominikaNov 8, 20191 minPaper Lantern, by Stuart DybekIt’s a restaurant that used to be a Chinese laundry. When customers would come for their freshly laundered bundles, the cooking –wafting from the owner’s bac...
DominikaNov 3, 20191 minMoment in Peking, by Lin YutangCopying the southern custom of making “beggars’ chicken,” she would bring out for a picnic a whole chicken, with the entrails taken out, but the feathers unp...
DominikaNov 3, 20191 minMoment in Peking, by Lin YutangBefore they left the temple to wander among the various yards and buildings in the park, the monks had asked whether they should serve a vegetable or meat di...
DominikaNov 3, 20191 minMoment in Peking, by Lin YutangMany of the things Mannia experienced were not entirely new to her, but everything was done better or was prettier than in her home town in Shantung. Before ...
DominikaNov 3, 20191 minMoment in Peking, by Lin YutangNow, the grandmother had brought from Shantung some country- style tsungtse. These were solid triangles made of glutinous rice stuffed with ham and pork or b...
DominikaNov 3, 20191 minMoment in Peking, by Lin YutangNow, the girls of higher families were not supposed to be out in the streets unchaperoned. But Mulan was only fourteen and her sister twelve, and they could ...
DominikaNov 2, 20191 minA Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor TowlesAt one in the morning, the conspirators took their seats. On the table before them were a single candle, a loaf of bread, a bottle of rosé, and three bowls o...
DominikaNov 2, 20191 minA Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor TowlesStanislav apologetically placed the bowl and platter on the table, even as Emile waved him from the room. Once he was gone, the chef gestured at the offering...