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The Cooking Romanian: April 2009
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Friday, April 24, 2009. Though I enjoyed writing about the Persian origins of chiftele. A man who can prove that just about every word is descended from Greek! Also, its my blog, and Ill write what I want to. Links to this post. Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Chiftele din dovlecei cruzi - Zucchini fritters. One of my great moments of enlightenment occurred when I realised that the kofta. Was closely related to the Romanian chiftea. I made the cla...
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The Cooking Romanian: December 2009
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Friday, December 25, 2009. Christmas on Lake Constance. In the Southern-German city of Konstanz, you can begin dinner with a light salad of mâche grown on the nearby Reichenau (also known as the Gemüseinsel. To eat food that grows nearby, and when its in season. Links to this post. Thursday, December 10, 2009. I just wanted to extend a quick welcome to visitors who arrived here from the Foodie Blogroll. And, when the holidays give me enough...
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The Cooking Romanian: November 2009
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Sunday, November 29, 2009. Links to this post. Saturday, November 21, 2009. Coupez les avocats en deux! If you enjoyed my previous etymological musings here. You will love Matthew Driscoll's essays on the avocado, courgette, ginger, and turbot at Etymologiae cibariorum. If nothing else, you will learn how to make flavorful lawyer balls. Links to this post. I thought, Im, you know, deeper than that. When I was a teenager. Links to this post.
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The Cooking Romanian: October 2009
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Monday, October 12, 2009. Grandma's advice in the New York Times. Those of you who read this little blog (and it is, alas, a little. And this weekend, my Romanian grandmother made it into the New York Times Magazine food issue. Http:/ www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/11/magazine/20091011-foodrules.html. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Grandmas advice in the New York Times. Bottlegourd Dal (Gardud...
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The Cooking Romanian: January 2012
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Sunday, January 8, 2012. The Hungry Reader's Peanut Soup. Lately, I've acquired a pretty full collection of books by John Thorne. The obsession started with Simple Cooking. Which I thought was exquisitely written. I remember writing Thorne, and receiving a very kind note back from him. I picked up a few more of his books from Amazon, and while Simple Cooking. Remains my favourite, I've enjoyed picking through the others too. In the last post.
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The Cooking Romanian: September 2012
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Sunday, September 23, 2012. Stalking the Wild Chestnut. It's Saturday afternoon, the baby won't nap, and we decide it's time to go for a walk. Berlin is in full-on fall mode, and we want to walk around as long as we still can. So we bundle the kiddo into his stroller, and head to Hasenheide. And it was a goldmine - the wind was blowing hard, scattering more chestnuts down. I pulled two plastic bags from my purse, originally meant for di...
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The Cooking Romanian: February 2010
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Saving the Soup; or, Creamy Bean Curry. A little while ago, possessed of a small package of mixed beans and desiring to improve their place in the world, I made the Tuscan Multi-Bean soup from The Daily Soup Cookbook. When their turn finally came, I turned to another book for inspiration, the tantalizing but somewhat overwhelming 660 Curries. Links to this post. Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Part of what I love...
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The Cooking Romanian: November 2011
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. It's always good times when a restaurant reviewer gets miffy. Nancy Nichols has to be my new favourite restaurant reviewer. at least after reading this delicious review of MesoMaya in D Magazine:. D Magazine : Restaurant Review: MesoMaya. Links to this post. Monday, November 28, 2011. And, plop, there goes my identity. This evening, after coming home from work I:. 1 - Baked some oatmeal-whole wheat bread. Given...
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The Cooking Romanian: March 2012
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Recipes, Thoughts on Food, and the Occasional Bout of Philology. Thursday, March 1, 2012. I wish I were a better updater of this blog. It has, as far as I can tell, twelve whole readers - why can't I think of them, and of their need for Romanian food? Well, several factors stand in my way:. On Romanian Food Blog. And it seems the stars had aligned. We need more beets! It's super-simple, and the first time I did it I used a shortcut that was just fine. Here's what you do, with some small variations fr...
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