“Do you want to come over for dinner?” my new neighbor asked. “I’ve got bean curd sheets.” Maybe you all know that the man next door, who I had met for the first time that evening, wasn’t suggesting a romp in the tofu. But my 21-year-old self, freshly installed in a Boston studio apartment, was […]
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WanderFood Wednesday: Hummus, Hummus, and Nothing But Hummus
You sit down at a sidewalk table, under an awning to shade you from the already searing springtime sun. Squinting as you peer inside, you spy the critical component for your upcoming meal. It’s a massive clay pot, similar to a tagine. Except this super-sized specimen could be a cauldron for a ravenous giant. That’s […]
WanderFood Wednesday – Got Pasta?
New York? Venice? Nope. Bhutan. Believe it or not this plate of pasta was served up at a hotel in the central region of Bhutan. It was indeed a special treat given that most meals in the Kingdom are comprised of cooked veggies – fiddlehead ferns, roasted potatoes, cauliflower, greens and hot chilis. Truth be […]