Cooking with Vegetable Oils I’m frequently hearing of another vegetable oil with superior properties to canola oil, olive oil, or whatever. So, what is the best vegetable oil, how much better is one cooking oil than another, and which properties are important? Vegetable oil is defined as oil extracted from plants that are liquid at Continue Reading
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Damnoen Floating Market
About 110 kilometers from Bangkok is an old floating market. Today it is mainly for tourists, still it is an interesting location for photos and to try another type of “street” food. We tried chicken on bamboo skewers from one vendor and a noodle dish from the one shown here.
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Page from a Persian fish cook book. Where do we get all of the words for International Food Dictionary? They come from many sources but the real work is trying to check and verify. I’m currently adding words for the fish of Iran. I first try to translate common fish names names using internet resources Continue Reading
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A bakery in Rostok, Germany selling fresh bread. But, what is Sommergenuss Brot, a bread for summer enjoyment? Or is it a multigrain bread filled with sunflower seeds?