As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve started to see a pattern as I research recipes. In addition to seeing a lot of peanut butter used in African dishes, I’ve also come to learn that just about every region … Continue reading #33: Belize – Stewed Chicken with Rice and Beans
In late June, Matt and I traveled to rural Pennsylvania to work from my grandparents’ old house for a week. While they passed away many years ago, we still maintain the house and in recent years have worked to add … Continue reading #29: Mozambique – Peri Peri Chicken
This meal was a perfect example of me getting very excited to have people over to “christen” the new place and make an absolute disaster in my kitchen. I have long wanted to travel to Turkey as I’m convinced it … Continue reading #28: Turkey – Tavuk Kebabi + Gozleme + more!
How many chicken and rice dishes can one person make as part of a cook the world project? A lot, so it seems. In my research, it seems like a lot of countries, particularly in Africa, Central and South Americas, … Continue reading #27: Burkina Faso – Chicken w/ Fat Rice
Grilled chicken is one of my favorite things, and I have no doubt that it will feature prominently in this blog whenever the opportunity to try a new spice blend or sauce comes up. I’ve used jerk seasoning before on … Continue reading #23: Jamaica – Jerk Chicken
At this point in the project, I was starting to feel a little fatigue in trying to figure out the origins of various dishes in Africa and thought maybe I would try to knock out two at once from two … Continue reading #20 and #21: Cameroon and Nigeria – Kati Kati Chicken w/ Joloff Rice
Early on in the pandemic. I started to explore monthly international snack subscriptions to stave off boredom and to try to add a little excitement to my year when traveling just wasn’t an option. At this point I’ve done Universal … Continue reading #18: Ukraine – Chicken Kiev
I went in having absolutely no expectations for this dish other than seeing it as an opportunity to use a lot of vegetables that came in my weekly Hungry Harvest shipment. I can find butternut squash a bit hit or … Continue reading #15: Trinidad and Tobago – Chicken Pelau
The dish I made for the Republic of Congo was a perfect representation of what I was doing with my life in March of 2021: doing a major winter pantry clean out in anticipation of moving into our new house. … Continue reading #11: Republic of Congo – Poulet Moambe
In February 2020 while the world was on the heels of a global pandemic that continues to impact the entire world, I was preparing for one hell of a birthday trip. For 2 1/2 weeks I traveled around Vietnam and … Continue reading #7: Singapore – Hainanese Chicken Rice
A Portrait of the Artist as She Cooks 