It was a dark and stormy night in Arlington…As anyone who lives in the D.C. area can attest, this week has been a mess of temps hovering around 97 with a head index of 105. Each evening this humidity brings … Continue reading #36: Kuwait – Machboos
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
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
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
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
For country #10, I came across a common occurrence in my recipe searching where a few countries lay “claim” to a particular dish. I’ve noticed this a lot in Africa and I would imagine as border shift and people move … Continue reading #10: Kenya – Mchuzi Wa Samaki
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 