Cuban Christmas, part 2
Having finished the appetizers and salad course we moved on to our main course. Now, the super-traditional Christmas eve dinner for Cuban-Americans is Lechon Asado (roast pork shoudler), with rice…
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holidaysconsider a Cuban Christmas
In the last few years, it's become my responsibility to feed family and Southern Oregon friends Christmas Eve dinner, and then we go to a friend's house for Christmas day…
Read Morechallah on the table in 2 hours
There aren't a lot of foods specific to Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year), but one of the critical ones is a big round challah bread. Of course, I planned…
Read Morecheddar and onion matzoh brei
It's Passover time! The best Jewish holiday, as far as I'm concerned, because it's all about food. Yes, a lot of that food consists of matzoh, but The Tribe gets…
Read MoreGeorgian holiday feast, part II
One of the biggest reasons to eat Georgian food is khachipuri, known as "the pizza of Eastern Europe". Like pizza, khachipuri is more of a whole category than a specific…
Read MoreGeorgian holiday feast, part I
"When life hands you plums, make tkemali." A year and a half ago friends in Southern Oregon had a preposterous bounty of plums, so many they were breaking branches on…
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