Recipes from French Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Guess what, another island where they eat a lot of fish. Yay. Eh, it was actually pretty good. But these islands, you know, they really need to try chicken now and then. In the defense of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, though, there's not a whole lot of people there writing cookbooks on local cuisine. In fact at just under...

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Recipes from French Polynesia

I am not a chef. Sometimes, I mangle some nation's beloved favorite dish. Actually it probably happens more than I know. Of course if you're a regular reader you know about my struggle to find recipes. Sometimes there just isn't much out there, so I have to rely on dubious sources. But I use recipes that appear to be authentic...

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Recipes from French Guiana

Every year, I plant a garden. This year I planted some bush beans, some Thai chili peppers, some little mini bells and three different kinds of tomatoes. I grow them on my deck in containers, even though I have five acres, because in our neighborhood the soil really isn't very good and there are hungry deer everywhere. Then...

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Recipes from Finland

Originally, I'd planned to do my Finland menu for the entire family. Then at some point it occurred to me, it would be a special kind of torture to make my children eat this particular main course. That's because this week I got it into my head that I wanted to try reindeer, which is a popular meat in Finland. Can you imagine...

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