West Bengal Home Cooking: Sanghamitra’s Kitchen

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Article and Location Photos by Victor Paul Borg Main Bazaar, Delhi Recipes: Spiced Fish Egg BallsTiger Prawns in Coconut Milk CurryWest Bengal Fish CurryWhole Fish in Mustard SauceFish in Tamarind Paste With unusual furtiveness and haste, Sanghamitra moved towards the door as she announced that she was going to the West Bengal market round the corner. Earlier I had told …

The Chile Cuisine of India, Part 2

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By Dave DeWitt  An Introduction to Curries     Recipes: Quick Curry Powder (Bafat) Indian Minced Meat Curry (Keema Bafat) Pork Curry Gurkha-Style Moghlai Chicken Curry (Nimbu Masala Murgh)     Indian Chile Vendors, ca. 1880 The word curry refers to both a spice mixture and a style of cooking. The spice mixture usually contains chile peppers in the form of …

A Bajan Occasion

Bonney Barbados: A Travel Retrospective, 1996

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Story and Photos by Dave DeWitt “One bellyful don’ fatten de hog,” goes a proverb in Barbados, meaning that it takes bit of an effort to achieve anything worthwhile. That saying applies to finding true Bajan food if you’re staying at a resort or beach hotel, because they serve mostly American-style fare. So, to experience the wide range of fiery …

Quest for Fire Archive

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Quest for Fire Archive Just scroll down to read the articles.   Interesting Stuff from 2002 Chiles Repel Farm-Raiding Elephants Bam! It’s Spam-Fest! Michelada: The Latest Beer and Chile Craze Interesting Stuff from 2001 Red or Green? The Official State Question of New Mexico A Spicy Toothpaste Watch out, Gummy Bears: The German Gummy Chiles are coming! “Flameboyant” Chef Heats …

Spicy Singapore

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Spicy Singapore Story and Photos by Austin Bush   Is there a better place in the world to eat than Singapore? Consider the variety: from Malay laksa to southern Indian curries, a diverse smattering of Chinese cuisines (Hokkien, Teo Chiew, Cantonese), the obscure Baba-Nyonya (a fusion of Chinese and Malay styles) and Eurasian cuisines, Singapore is a virtual microcosm of …