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HEY MOM WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
falafel pita sandwich jollof rice As you may know many great dishes are the one made by non-Americans. Don’t get me wrong American’s have some tasty dishes as well, but if you travel different countries your taste buds get a rude awakening. I mean if you go out of country the first thing you want to do is eat. So you look for a restaurant that will fill your belly and entice your taste buds.
By Khadijah Ameena Hamidah5 years ago in Feast
Soups of the World
Before the pandemic, I traveled a lot around the globe, both for work and pleasure. I’ve been to almost 30 countries and 150 cities of the world, many multiple times. Wherever I go, one of my favorite things to do is to sample local food, and soups in particular. I’m pretty adventurous with local cuisines: I would try anything once, even (or especially) if I don’t know of what the dish was made. My rationale is simple: If people have been eating something for centuries or even millennia, who am I to judge them? If I don’t like a food item, I will avoid it in the future but at least I’d know what it tastes like.
By Lana V Lynx5 years ago in Feast
Cast Iron Crayfish on the Campfire
Cast Iron Crayfish on the Campfire. This recipe is from The Shoalhaven in Coastal South Eastern Australia. In early Autumn, we harvest olives by hand at our neighbour's orchid. It's after the heat of summer has broken, and the cicadas aren't so deafening. In the shade, we drink local wine instead of water and eat freshly baked bread with butter from the dairy farms on the ocean bluffs to the East. When we go home, it's with a mason jar of our very own glistening olive oil and a sway in our steps.
By C.L.E Webster5 years ago in Feast
My GeeChee Gullah Love
The culture of the Geechees and the Gullahs blesses us from the coast of West Africa and Central Africa and ended up in the coastal Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. I use the word blessing loosely because it was on the ships of slave traders that these beautiful people would arrive here. I didn't know how deep the revelation of who they were would be for me until I realized these people were actually me. You see, my mother is a GeeChee. Ninety percent of my mothers family comes from the low country of coastal South Carolina in and around Charleston, South Carolina. I had been spending summers there since I was about nine years old. And the thing I most loved was the food and the music.
By Stacey Culbreath5 years ago in Feast
Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs (Sunday) Dinner
Traditional Newfoundland (Sunday) Jiggs Dinner. Newfoundland and Labrador has a very unique strong culture with many traditions, Jiggs dinner is just one of many. Newfoundland and Labrador is the most easterly part of North America, the island joined confederation in 1949 as the last province to join Canada. Surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean our fisheries are a huge part of our history. Hunting and fishing is still a significant part of our culture and economy. And we are well known for our accents and cuisine.
By Tonya Newman5 years ago in Feast
The 4th Annual Persian Festival Celebrating Nowruz 1397
There’s nothing more American than a local festival. As a Floridian, I’ve attended many of these events celebrating diverse themes such as rattlesnakes, kumquats, strawberries, pirates, the English Renaissance, and the Greek Epiphany. When visiting the Daytona-Ormond Beach area for spring break in 2018, a banner for an upcoming festival caught my eye: Come Celebrate Nowruz 1397. Always up for an adventure, we decided it would be added to our vacation agenda. On Sunday, March 18, 2018, my husband and I visited this community event.
By Barb Dukeman5 years ago in Feast
