Who says you can’t have a fiesta in the wintertime? (Especially when it’s 48F outside. It’s like spring in the winter!) Unlike mexicanized restaurant food in the U.S., actual food in Mexico is fresh, vibrant, and light in a satisfying and hearty kind of way. Case in point: a crisp, refreshing version of pozole, served [...]
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Here’s something you might not know: Ethiopia’s biggest export is agricultural products. Agriculture has always played a key role in Ethiopia, especially before misguided policies resulted in stripped-out soils, lowered water tables, and poorer crop yields. (Policies like the ones that forced farmers to switch from native, non-thirsty plants — i.e., drought-resistant crops — to [...]
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When I was a kid, I couldn’t stand cabbage — it tasted like old shoes and smelled even worse when it was cooking. But lately I’ve started using cabbage in my dishes, and I’m realizing that the whole trick to enjoying cabbage is to cook it gently. When you do, it retains its pleasing crunch [...]
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What people traditionally eat depends on what their weather is like — citrus doesn’t like cold weather, but berries don’t like it hot. (Good luck finding strawberries in a tropical rain forest! Temperate rain forests are another story…) Root vegetables and cabbages also like their days and nights to be on the crisp and cool [...]
Rice is served on every continent and in nearly every country; from Asia to Latin America, it’s the staple ingredient in hundreds of cuisines. Perhaps unsurprisingly — rice is the most-consumed grain in the world — there’s a specific kind of rice to go along with all those different culinary traditions. (Christian Teubner’s The Rice [...]
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Cabbages aren’t exactly the hottest item on the vegetable menu: they don’t have the slim elegance of a green bean or the curvy voluptuousness of an eggplant. From Sauerkraut to Asian cabbage-parcel soups, however, they do feature prominently in most world cuisines. (To achieve the latter, stuff a leaf, tie it off with chives, and [...]
Popeye was a forward-thinking guy–he recognized the value of a fresh head of spinach! While it’s a bit much to think you’ll have biceps bigger than Arnold’s if you eat like Popeye, it’s true that you’ll feel better and have more control over your weight when greens take up more of your plate. The feeling-better [...]
