Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 31st, 2007
Every year I get a pound of pistachios for Christmas from my grandmother. I'm not one of those people who has time to sit around shelling and eating nuts like a fat squirrel, so it usually takes me a while to go through them. Here it is, the end ...
Posted in Fish and Seafood, Nuts, Spices and Seasonings, Vegetables, Wine | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
A few weeks ago I saw a recipe for guacamole on a popular food blog that called for "perfectly ripe" avocados. I was compelled to comment that there's so much joy to be gotten from unripe and over-ripe fruits and vegetables, even avocados. More than a few cultures are known ...
Posted in Salads, The Air, Land and Sea, Vegetables | No Comments »
Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Here I am singing and playing a sean-nós rendition of Eamonn A' Chnuic. I recorded it especially for you today. And here's a transcription of the song. The second English translation is the accurate one. "Ned of the Hill" was Edmund O'Ryan, a roving outlaw of 18th-century Ireland.
Edmond O'Ryan, the ...
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Someone decided to have roštilj (barbecue) at Igor's weekend place in Tržić, way up in the wine-growing Samoborske Gorje, about an hour from Zagreb. In true northern Croatian fashion, there was plenty of meat, including thick trenchers of GRILLED BACON.
Igor pulled the requisite green onion crudite from his garden, but ...
Posted in Croatia, Meat, The Air, Land and Sea, Vegetables | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
The tradition of winemaking in Croatia dates back to the 5th century B.C., and a few of the republic's best vintners are now going to some effort to refine and adapt the knowledge and experience passed down to them through the generations. Ancient techniques of viticulture are still followed, but ...
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