Why do you dip pretzels in high pH, corrosive lye before baking them? How is this related to brown onions and black garlic? What is the Maillard reaction and can we really hack it? Yum When making pretzels, a simple dough is shaped into the traditional pretzel knot and dipped […]
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We have reached Guatemala on our vegan world tour and it is time to make chuchitos, a smaller version of Guatemalan tamales. In this delicious Guatemalan, vegan recipe, a sauce made from toasted sesame seeds and roasted vegetables is wrapped in corn dough and steamed to perfection. Yum Guatemalan cuisine […]
Today’s stop on our vegan world tour brings us to Turkey where we cook a delicious vegan Turkish recipe. Here I have veganized the popular lahmacun, a thin crust Turkish pizza or flatbread. In place of the traditional meat, I made a paste from lentils and bulgur inspired by the […]
This week on our vegan world tour, we return to West Africa and cook a Ghanaian vegan recipe for Red Red. Read on to learn a bit about Ghana's cuisine or jump straight to the recipe
Today on our vegan world food tour we make a stop in Afghanistan and make a delicious Afghan rice dish – Kabuli Palau, the country’s national dish. Read on to learn more about the Afghan kitchen and find a vegan Afghan recipe for Kabuli Palau. Yum Afghanistan lies in the […]
Yum The turn has come to visit Canada, the country in which my wife and I have lived for the past 3 years. I chose to post Canada specifically today when we celebrate the National Indigenous Day across the country and I wanted to showcase this from the outside often […]
The first humans arrived in Australia some 50-65,000 years ago and lived largely as hunter-gatherers until the late 18th century when British colonists started arriving (after losing their American colonies). Today, this original Aboriginal Australian population has dwindled, mostly due to disease and conflict brought by the British, and the […]
As the country’s name implies, the food of the United Arab Emirates is Arabic at its core [1]–[3]. Situated in the southern corner of the Arabic peninsula with Iran just across the Persian Gulf, it is no wonder Persian dishes are popular, as are Levantine dishes like hummus, and falafel […]
Argentina is the second-largest country in South America and was colonized by the Spanish during the 1500s, removing most of the original native population [1]. As a result, the cuisine is largely based on Spanish food with influences from the native Andean peoples [1]–[3]. Over the centuries, Argentina has seen […]
Situated on the eastern shores of the mediterranean sea to the south of Turkey and west of Iraq, Syria lies in the middle of the Levant and the country’s cooking is a great example of this regional cuisine [1]–[3]. While lamb and dairy (esp. yogurt and cheese) are common, vegetables […]