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Dish highlight: The KC Soup and Japchae
In Korea soup is a love language in itself. There are four words for it (guk, tang, jigae and jeongol), and one to honor every celebratory occasion. Served year round as both a main and a side, it brings warmth,...
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Celebrating Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Passover, or Pesach, began at sundown on Wednesday and ends at sundown next Thursday. One of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, Passover commemorates the sparing of the ancient Israelites’ firstborn sons (the “passing over” of the angel of death)...
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Simmered Down: Exploring The Building Blocks Of Tagine, Morocco’s Hallmark Stew
Redolent of slow-cooked meat and high-spiced syrup, there’s nothing more poetically evocative of Moroccan cuisine than tagine, the quintessential Berber stew prepared in the conical earthenware vessel of the same name. Traditional tagines are composed of lamb with dried prunes...
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Transcontinental Hospitality: The Well-Traveled Roots of Escabeche
Perhaps it goes without saying that the simplest of heritage dishes were born from resourcefulness and absolute necessity. Such is certainly the case with escabeche, a Spanish mainstay with Moorish roots which, in the traditional sense, refers to fish fried...
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First Sip: The Basics Of Georgia’s 8,000-Year-Old Wine Culture
With wine enthusiasts’ attention largely bestowed on the world’s top-producing countries—France, Italy, and Spain—it may come as a surprise to you that the country with longest continuous viniculture is actually the Republic of Georgia. It was there, in the South...
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Let It Roll: All About Gołąbki, A Polish Family Tradition
Given that they’re a year-round staple of the Polish table, it’s somewhat surprising that gołąbki (pronounced go-WUMP-kee), or stuffed cabbage rolls, aren’t as well known outside Poland as pierogi, kielbasa, and pączki. This no-frills comfort dish is, despite its debated...