All Strange Things About India and world
The food world has no shortage of potentially confusing terminology (and I’m not even talking about techniques where the French names happened to stick). Take, for example, fish sauce. The…
I buy my ducks from the Asian market down the street. Not only is it the most economical choice, but it’s the most fun option. These ducks come with the…
It’s almost impossible to over-prep Thanksgiving. I say “almost” because my mom once cooked an entire Thanksgiving meal in advance, then reheated it on the big day. It was very…
I’m aware that I’ve listed three things in the title, and what I really mean is “all the produce,” but since that’s a whole list in itself, we’ll just start…
Photo: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann This is an urgent hot dog public service announcement: You need to bánh mì your next dog. Immediately. Forget the mustard and the relish, and prep…
Love it or hate it, everyone who’s encountered fish sauce can agree it’s anything but bland—yet that’s exactly what vegan fish sauce often is. Taking a whiff or little taste…
Photo: Amanda Blum The initial idea was breathtaking: We had grandiose visions of under-appreciated birds being cajoled up other under-appreciated birds’ back ends. We called it the Gooduckail: A quail,…
Photo: Claire Lower Trader Joe’s is very good at two things: Stocking their frozen food section with a never-ending parade of novel and interesting convenience foods, and churning out new—some…
Photo: Africa Studio (Shutterstock) When you find yourself with leftover rice, your first instinct may be to use it to make fried rice. (And your instincts are correct, as dried-out,…