Recipes from The Czech Republic (Revisited)

OK, I know I said that I was going to do Iran this week, but I have this other entry I have to squeeze in first and I didn't have time to write two of them. Every now and then I get a message from someone who lives in or is from one of the countries on my list. I love it when this happens, because to be honest I feel woefully...

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Recipes from Iceland

This week we’re eating hákarl. To prepare, I buried a poisonous shark in my gravel driveway and then let it sit there for several weeks, putrefying in its own juices. Then I dug it up and hung it in a shed to dry in the bitterly cold California winds. Then I chopped it up into surprisingly delicious-looking cubes and passed...

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Recipes from Hungary

Hungarian food is rich, heavy and loaded with spices. This week I'm making a new version of an old favorite--Hungarian pork stew, also known as "goulash." I'm also going to try making Hungarian egg barley, a type of grated paste. It’s amazing how infrequently I actually arrive at a nation where I’m already somewhat familiar...

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Recipes from Anhui Province, China (Huangshan Mountains)

“Anhui” is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of China, with roots in the Huangshan Mountains region. This is the home of Peking Duck, but many of the other traditional Anhui recipes, like braised turtle with ham, may not be familiar to you. That’s because Anhui cuisine is dependent on ingredients native to the mountain regions...

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