Dominika
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
Twice a year, every year, during Christmas time and Easter, my mom would spend a few hours in the kitchen cooking potatoes, carrots,...
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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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