cuisine

From street-food to fine dining, traditional Italian to Asian-Fusion, being well-versed in global cuisine is the first step to culinary mastery.

Moroccan Food
When you travel whether it be the first time or something that you have done a lot of. Your senses explode, I still remember the first time that I left my small regional town and traveled overseas.
By Rebecca McQuillan5 years ago in Feast
Ale and Beer
Ales and Beer Driving back from Florence to our self catering cottage in Tuscany, we stopped at a random restaurant alongside the road between towns and had a wonderful multi-course Florentine style Italian meal. In Cefalu, Sicily, we went to a restaurant with the hosts of our self catering apartment and had artichokes served in a half dozen different ways. At another Cefalu restaurant we had our first arancinis.
By Cleve Taylor 5 years ago in Feast
Nigerian fried plantains and scrambled eggs in Vancouver
Back at home, meals like fried plantains — a sickly-sweet dish of deep fried plantains that is typically served with scrambled eggs — were common, especially for lunch or dinner. There was obviously a fair mix of more Western options in our daily food choices, but cultural food was never set aside because there’s nothing more special than partaking in and enjoying one’s cultural heritage.
By Jane Diokpo5 years ago in Feast
The nachos that almost cost me my freedom
More than ever, this pandemic has ingrained within me the need to regularly take stock of the wonderful opportunities that have been afforded to me throughout my life. As a student almost fifteen years ago, a gap year opened up a door that I’ve never quite managed to close for good. In fact, this gap year decided for me that I’d devote my life to travelling and give up my university place and career in law.
By Kate Simmonds5 years ago in Feast
Dry chillies
“Are you surprised on seeing this pic?” asked Rithu to one of her friends Caitlin who had an expression of dislike on her face.
By Kiran Joseph5 years ago in Feast
Enjoy Your Chow
“As-salamu alaykum!”, a familiar greeting in the Middle East meaning “peace be upon you.” I gave and received this greeting a thousand times while I was overseas with the Marine Corps in 2008. It was just about the only thing I knew how to say. Everything else was a low form of sign language that often made me look like an uneducated ape. Regardless of the language barrier I managed to explore some markets from time to time and came across some interesting foods.
By Kyle C Collins5 years ago in Feast
A Treasured Memory
A Treasured Memory “What exactly is this, Grandma?” I inquired, intrigued. “You'll see, and you'll definitely want more,” my grandmother promised.
By Sara Akib5 years ago in Feast
Puerto Rican Sofrito
My trip to Puerto Rico changed the way I cooked in my house. I am talking about the Puerto Rican sofrito. I came by this amazing marinade on my trip to Puerto Rico one summer. All over Puerto Rico the food is good and savory. When I came to one street vendor, I just had to ask what their secret was. I was told it was sofrito.
By Desiree Minerva 5 years ago in Feast
Trying Global Cuisine Without Traveling
To this day, I have been unable to travel the globe, which is something I’ve always dreamed of doing. However, I’m still young and have plenty of life ahead of me to travel. I have always been enamored by different cultures and languages and I absolutely love learning about them. While I have never traveled to do so, I have hosted exchange students while I was in high school. That opportunity was the best thing that could have happened to me. I invited these strangers into my home, and by the end of the school year, they became family. While we’re not blood-related, I call them my sisters and brothers. My family shared with each of them, “United States Culture” and they shared with us, theirs; including holidays they celebrate, their social ways of life, and their food. I guess I can say that I have traveled and experienced new cultures without actually traveling. Pretty cool, right?
By Eli5 years ago in Feast
The McBite
McDonald's Chicken McBites, from here on out known simply as McBites, are a discontinued food option at McDonald's restaurants. They were created in April 2012, and discontinued in 2013. I had been working at McDonald's for a year before I ever hear about McBites. It wouldn't be until three years after it's supposed discontinuation that I would have to experience them with my own eyes to discover the knowledge of their existence entirely.
By Balty5 years ago in Feast
Fun Fact: Flying Rats are Delicious!
Quick! Name your favorite meat! Let me guess. It’s chicken, isn’t it? Or beef, perhaps? Or maybe you’re from the southern US like I am and discovered the Thanksgiving magic of a Bojangles Cajun-fried turkey. Whatever you answered, I hate to tell you this. You probably never ate a pigeon, so you can’t even begin to fathom how delightfully delicious those flying poop factories actually are.
By Palmarosa5 years ago in Feast
Love in the Kitchen
There have been many crafts that I have take up over the years, looking for something that might stick, or become a passion of mine: scrapbooking, coloring, writing, singing, redecorating and reorganizing rooms of my house. But nothing really compares to being alone in the kitchen.
By Sara Elizabeth5 years ago in Feast