Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Asia”
by Diane Goettel Recipes Spicy Papaya Salad Spicy Soba Noodles Ginger Barbecue with Kimchi The Hong Kong skyline. As a life-long lover of spice and hot peppers, I was delighted when, in the middle of 2009, my husband was offered a job that would require us to relocate from New York City to Hong Kong, a city of spice. Since …
By Gerald Schmidt At left: Bigger definitely is better – another company presented peppers grown from its (hybrid) seed in these impressive rows. Chinese tomatoes in Italian pasta sauces, Chinese peppers on the Mexican market—the whole world is connected, and it seems that China is at the center of it all. Coming out of more than a century in which …
An Excerpt From: The Silk Road Gourmet A Journey through the Cuisines of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka By Laura Kelley iUniverse, Inc. Copyright 2009 372 Pages $34.95 ISBN 9781440143076 Available on Amazon.com here. Republic of Georgia Main spices and flavors: sesame seeds, poppy seeds, sweet basil, bay leaves, caraway seeds, dill, fennel, tarragon, …
By Richard Sterling Recipe Kimchi It is the stuff of ancient legend, and even of poetry. Songs are sung of it, odes penned, memories and meals made complete by it. Unless you dine only in fast food restaurants and hotel coffee shops it will be your most enduring gustatory memory of Korea. Kimchi is the great culinary constant of Korean …
The Enjoyment of Bhutanese Comfort Food Story and Photos by Diana G. Armstrong A mountain road in Bhutan. With frayed nerves and jackhammered bodies, we arrive in Thimphu. Our shock absorber-free vehicle has come to a stop in the largest city in the country of Bhutan. To get here we jostled over mountain passes that were veritable nail biters. The …
