I tried ...

We have some family stuff going on this week, so I was planning to get my Burkina Faso entry finished and posted by the end of today. I cooked the meal on Sunday and it was pretty good, but sadly that's all I can tell you about it because several loads of laundry, some house cleaning and various other preparatory tasks kicked my butt and I am just now sitting down at my computer for the first time today. So instead of attempting to do the impossible...

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Recipes from Burgundy, France

This week we're back in France, and I have to confess that I really don't get what all the fuss is about French food. At least not the stuff from Burgundy. Yes, it was good, but I wouldn't go to a fancy French restaurant and spend $100 a plate for it. Of course one might argue that French food cooked up by a French chef...

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Recipes from Bulgaria

This week I had an interesting encounter with that strangest of birds, the Plumed and Crested Foodie. I guess I ruffled some feathers when I said that I preferred not to eat bugs or entrails; evidently it's not possible to have a true "cultural experience" unless you're willing to eat things that most Americans...

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Recipes from Brunei

Like most people, there are some things I just won't eat. Bugs and entrails are at the top of my list, but that's really only because in my country people don't tend to eat bugs and entrails. In other cultures, dairy products are considered gross in the same way as we tend to think of guts as being gross, and there's actually...

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