Monthly Archives: February 2014

Preparing Vietnamese and Thai Dishes at A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School

Posted on February 11, 2014 by mstrav

Although I’m a fair hand with several Chinese and Japanese dishes, Asian cooking has never been my strongest suite, so I didn’t hesitate before accepting Steffani Adaska’s invitation to sample her A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School for a … Continue reading →

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Discovering Sardinian Soul Food

Posted on February 3, 2014 by mstrav

Until a rainy night in a granite town high in the mountains of northern Sardinia, I never thought much about the culinary possibilities of stale bread. Nor of the universal inventiveness of cooks in hard times. A regional dish called … Continue reading →

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