Recipes from Estonia

OK, to start off this week's entry, here's a little poll for you: When I think of beets, the first thing that pops into my head is: A healthy super-food Those purple things at the salad bar that I usually try to avoid Dwight Schrute Did you say "Dwight Schrute?" Yeah, me too. If you didn't say "Dwight Schrute," you need...

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Recipes from Eritrea

Africa is a big place, full of a lot of big countries and more than a few small ones. This week we're in another one of those small countries, and there's a good chance you might not have even heard of this particular nation. Eritrea is in the Horn of Africa, north of Ethiopia, east of Sudan and northwest of Djibouti....

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Recipes from Equatorial Guinea

I usually cook these meals about a week and a half ahead of posting them. Occasionally, by the time I get to the writing part of the process, I've completely forgotten what I cooked a week and a half ago. So that's partially a comment about the state of my brain and partially a comment about the food. Some of it just isn't...

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Recipes from England

Finally, we're in my territory! I've been married to an Englishman for almost 9 years, so I can actually say I know something about English food. Except wait … I don't think I've ever actually cooked an English meal. Unless you count, you know, Indian. How can that be? In the 14 years I've known Martin I haven't ever cooked...

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