Category: Recipes
Culture Notes – Sept 30 ’07
Hollywood Fails to Anticipate Afghan Views on Dishonor in Filming of Kite Runner. The movie version of the excellent and hugely popular novel by Khaled Hosseini was filmed with an Afghan cast. Some of the actors, including the boy who plays the lead role, didn’t completely understand some of the plot elements before [...] Read More »
Make Easter Eggs with Natural Colors
Many cultures color eggs to celebrate Easter and other holidays. It’s easy to experiment with natural dyes to color your eggs – you probably already have many of these in the kitchen. You can use these techniques on either hard-boiled eggs, or on empty eggshells that have been blown out and rinsed. [...] Read More »
Blini (Russian Pancakes)
These are the thin Russian pancakes served at Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week. They are traditionally served with sour cream, jams and honey, but feel free to experiment with fillings that include salmon or caviar! This recipe makes about 20 blini.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/3 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon [...] Read More »
Make Chinese Mooncakes
If you’d like to make your own Chinese Mooncakes to celebrate Harvest Moon Festival, try this simple recipe from Shanghai, which can be made with ingredients that are relatively easy to find. Mooncakes are traditionally made using carved wooden molds with intricate patterns, but you can simply shape the dough into circles about 3 [...] Read More »
