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Is anyone else in love with vintage recipes?
Is anyone else fascinated with vintage recipes? The following recipes came out of an old Duke Energy cookbook which was compiled from recipes right here in North Carolina! I got the cookbook for free in a big box that was placed outside of a local book shop.
By Food Writer - Deanna Martinez-Bey5 years ago in Feast
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Thailand - Pork Broth & Chicken with Rice 06/2014 It was my first day in Thailand. I had arrived the night before. I was to spend two months there before I moved on to Canada. The first month was to study Muay Thai and the second was for exploration. In this second month, my girlfriend at the time would come and be with me. I had landed at Phuket airport, and after an arduous checkout procedure had finally gotten into a taxi. He helped me find a hotel, reasonably priced in a local part of town. I can't remember how I spent the first night. I think I may have gone to a bar to pick up a few beers and then maybe drank them in my room. That first day, the first place I went to eat was a local place. As soon as I arrived I was stared at. There were only Thai's there. I was in a very local part of town, and I was glad of it. Here, they served pork broth with crispy chicken on rice.
By Zirian Tahirli 5 years ago in Feast
Elope With Cantaloupe!
Growing up, cantaloupe was the ideal fruit in the summertime. The round melon fruit with a textured tan-green grind was a favorite pastime. As much as I enjoyed cantaloupe as a kid, I knew there's more to the fruit besides its warm orange color.
By Ashley Terrell5 years ago in Feast
Waffle House - Immune System of the SouthEast U.S.. Top Story - July 2021.
I knew it was all going to hell when Waffle House closed down for more than three days. Waffle House is a staple of trucker diets, road trips, drunk expenditures, stoned experiments, and this-is-the-only-viable-option-out-here-besides-McDonalds, meals. It's hard to drive a significant distance across the Southeast without passing by at least three of those suckers. From Charleston to Savannah, Mobile to Richmond, and even some in the northeast if you can believe it.
By Lucy Richardson5 years ago in Feast
Guac Dogs in Mexico
I got married at the Grand Sunset Princess Resort in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico back in January 2016. One of the best experiences of the 2 week wedding/honeymoon was enjoying a guacamole hot dog on the beach at lunchtime. (Or "High Noon" as us Westerners like to say.)
By Casper Tales5 years ago in Feast
The Red Chapulín. Second Place in SFS 4: Golden Summer Challenge.
A chapulín lit on the stone wall at the overlook outside the church on Cerro de San Miguel. Down in the valley, there are marketplace stalls that sell those meaty red locusts roasted and seasoned with lime and salt and wrapped in tortillas and to me they taste like tiny land-lobsters.
By Tony Marsh5 years ago in Feast
Cachapas in Caracas
The first bite of the “cachapa” was a time machine that instantly transported me back to Venezuela. Back to the warm, balmy air. Back to the palm trees and open roads. Back to the beaches, the sun, the white sand. Back to fresh squeezed pineapple juice, full of sweetness and yellow pulp. Back to the salty, creamy, piping hot mixture that had conquered my taste buds then, and were planning a re-enactment in my mouth today.
By Bella Blue5 years ago in Feast
