At the beginning of October we travelled to Tepoztlan Mexico for a culinary cooking week. I had never heard of Tepoztlan before but after we arrived we left very impressed! It’s about 40 minutes south from Mexico City in the mountains so the climate is very different from what people normally expect from Mexico. It also has...
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Peking Duck
Peking duck is one of the most famous of Chinese dishes. The duck is rubbed with honey and baked in a special oven, usually served with steamed pancakes (or ‘mandarin’ pancakes), spring onions, cucumber sticks and sweet bean sauce (Tianmianjiang which can be replaced by Hoisin sauce). There are many recipes for Peking duck, some are easy and some...
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Italian night
Toast with Prunes and Bacon
This delicious appetizer is spicy, easy and quick to prepare. Perfect for a big party....
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Khachapuri
This is the Georgian national dish made from bread and cheese. There are a lot of variations of khachapuri – Imeretian, Adjarian, Abkhazian, Ossetian etc. They can be of different shapes also either round, puffed, or the classic which is in the form of a boat where the dough is formed into an open boat shape and topped with...
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Happy New Year, everyone!
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Hychiny
Hychiny – thin pirozhki (pies) with potato and cheese or meat stuffed with herbs, the national dish of Karachay and Balkar. This is one of the most prestigious courses in the list of bakery foods Karachay-Balkar Kitchen. Usually hychiny are round and sliced into 4 pieces. Toppings are distributed in a thin layer. There is a...
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Salad Olivie (Potato Salad)
In the former Soviet Union, this salad is considered traditional New Year dish, the name was in honor of creator of this salad, Belgian chef Lucien Olivier. Virtually no Russian table goes without this dish on New Year's Eve, birthdays and other celebrations. It's convenient, quick to prepare, and delicious. Some ingredients can be replaced by others,...
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Oyster mushroom
Korean Carrot Salad
This dish is very popular in my country, it’s a must for any holiday. The funny thing is that in Korea this salad doesn’t exist, but it was made by Koreans who immigrated to Russia in the 1860s.
This is a marinated salad with fresh carrot as the main ingredient and seasoned with oil, vinegar, fresh garlic, coriander seeds, and...
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