American cuisine has some instant-hit classics — corn bread, macaroni and cheese, bison burgers — but compared to other cuisines, we really don’t do much with tubers. Potatoes are pretty much the extent of our tuber dabbling. And who doesn’t like potatoes? Stands to reason other tubers would be tasty, too. If you hang around [...]
Whether it’s cheese and potatoes or shrimp and onions–or anything else you can think of–every culture has its version of dumplings. In the States, we’re accustomed to sweet dumplings for dessert, but in other areas of the world, stuffed doughs are often savory. These Indian samosas, for example, consist of whole-wheat dough filled with finely-diced [...]
