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Truffled Mushroom Cheese Fondue with Barbera
Mushrooms are like Mother Teresa. By themselves, they are charming and tasteful. In a crowd, they help to improve everyone around them. Just like Mother Teresa enriched so many people’s lives, mushrooms make other foods taste better without overriding the … Continue reading
Moldovan Sausage with Cote du Rhone
At the border of Romania and Moldova, formerly part of the Soviet Union, I got off of a 1950′s communist train, to get a visa from a Moldovan immigration officer. Two government officers looked me up and down and said, … Continue reading
Southwestern Braised Steak with Zinfandel
At Moses’ trivia party, I got this question – “Outside of war zones, which city is most dangerous in the world?” In that notorious city, there are 8 homicides per day on average, and the city morgues faces a great … Continue reading
Colombian Coffee Lamb Casserole & German Ice Wine
“You’re crazy. Aren’t you afraid of cocaine traffic, kidnapping and violent crime?”. That was the response I got from my friends when I was heading on my adventurous trek to the “Lost City” in Columbia, where Indianan Jones was … Continue reading
Why 7th taste?
In the past 25 years, I have lived and traveled all around the world from Asia to Europe to Africa to Latin America to North America. In my journey, I was exposed to the distinct food traditions of many different … Continue reading