cuisine

From street-food to fine dining, traditional Italian to Asian-Fusion, being well-versed in global cuisine is the first step to culinary mastery.

A Northern Cooking Experience
As a First Generation Canadian settler raised in an immigrant home with a storm-in-the-kitchen mom, moving to tiny Northern communities with little variety has been quite an experience.
By Oneg In The Arctic5 years ago in Feast
Why Women Already Rule the World!
Okay, we've all heard the stories about how women make things better. "Give them a house, they'll make a home, or my personal favorite, give them crap and they'll make your life a living hell", are all cliches that have been proven true throughout time. So how on earth did women improve chocolate to the point that we put it in everything today, including cake?
By Joey Lowe5 years ago in Feast
Birthday
People grow older by a year, and each year people like to celebrate in some way. Since 2020 a year after my son was diagnosed with diabetes, I have been cautious about what he eats. When I was celebrating my birthday, I bought a small cheap chocolate cake from the store my son was so excited to have—some cake with his mummy, he was so excited to share some cake. After celebrating my birthday, we then celebrated my son's 1st diabetes anniversary, which is also known as a diaversary with a moist chocolate cake. This cake tasted so delicious it was also in a shape of a spiderman head with lots of colours, mainly red, black and white; he was able to take it to preschool to share with his friends, he and his friends were able to have a small piece of the cake each. To celebrate a diabetes anniversary is to celebrate we accomplished the year with diabetes. A few months later, in August, it was his birthday, so we were able to celebrate with candy and his favourite chocolate cake, which we had custom made with Mickey Mouse and his pals. My son was so happy to have a day where we just counted extra carbohydrates to put into the insulin pump; I was able to make it extra special for him by allowing him to go nuts and eat whatever he wanted to eat as it was a once a year thing.
By Tanika Stimpson5 years ago in Feast
Sandwich Me
Europe The UK England Bacon Butty is a delectable bacon sandwich that is a taste treat consisting of plenty of bacon between two slices of bread or on a bread roll. Some variations are adding butter, ketchup, brown sauce, or topping the fried slices of bacon with an egg.
By Rasma Raisters5 years ago in Feast
Through the tastebuds of a child
I must have been around 5 years old. My parents and I lived in a fairly small city of Mytishchi that lies to the northeast of Russia's capital Moscow.
By Stacie Chernykh5 years ago in Feast
Corn or Avocado?
QUICK!! Corn ice cream or Avocado ice cream?!?! As a kid, I didn't think about ice cream flavors; I just shoved it in my face. But once I was older, the biggest debate in my small Pennsylvania town was if corn ice cream with chili flakes from our local Mexican ice cream shop La Michoacana was genius or a culinary disaster. While I do love sweet corn, I have never actually tried corn ice cream until just now, for you guys. You're welcome friends.
By Colleen Sincavage5 years ago in Feast
On the 8th Day, God Made Maryland Blue Crabs
The Maryland blue crab is at the heart of the state's cuisine. On bumpers, backpacks, masks the Maryland blue crab is everywhere in this Chesapeake-centric state. My earliest summer memories include sitting outdoors, waiting for the blue crab to be cooked down and powdered up in Old Bay seasoning, a seasoning that is a staple and can be used on anything from corn to poultry.
By Nichelle Calhoun5 years ago in Feast
The Search for Sweet and Sour Pork
I didn't have to travel the world to experience authentic cuisine. As an adult, I now realize how lucky I was to grow up in an Asian pocket of a neighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona. Even though the restaurants often advertised themselves as Chinese, Thai, Japanese, or even Vietnamese- I can now see they were all Korean ran. It showed in the offerings on the menu and the unique preparation of some dishes. That's what started this journey for me.
By Miranda Morrison5 years ago in Feast
The Legendary Lobster Village
Food has this amazing ability to bring all kinds of people together. Friends, family, dates, acquaintances, and sometimes even total strangers. No matter the occasion, time of day, how big or small the meal is, it always leaves room to create new memories. Or open the opportunities to talk about old memories and events that happened throughout the day. I grew up in a Hispanic and Mexican family; My mom and her side of the family are from the Country of Honduras and dad is from the City of Guadalajara, in Mexico along with his side of the family. I learned very quickly that food is one of our top traditions that will never fail at bringing us all together. To not only be surrounded by parents and siblings (if I had any siblings) but also with grandparents, aunts, uncles, along with perhaps twenty or more cousins. Celebrations are a real party at our house, but the best stories are from our mini vacations get aways.
By Emiki Vee5 years ago in Feast
Cooking on a College Student Budget
I’m not going to lie to you, I was that college student who did my grocery shopping at CVS for half price ramen noodles that are probably slowly giving me cancer, a can of sweet peas for my week’s serving of vegetables, and a Little Debbie zebra cake for my troubles. I am not a reliable authority on East Asian cooking.
By Colleen Sincavage5 years ago in Feast
All We Heard Were Crickets
An orange-tinted shadow fell across my hands as I placed two pastel-colored conchas and a bouquet of orange and yellow marigolds onto the angel-guarded grave the size of a large doghouse.
By Casia5 years ago in Feast
True Mac and Cheese
The first time I tried vegan mac and cheese I was turning 28 years old. I gathered in the neighborhood of the 305 with friends and family. And I loved this party because all of my friends started to cook for me, the birthday girl. I never knew what this vegan mac would taste like. All I knew was that for my birthday I wanted to eat mac and cheese. My allergies to milk and cheese had prevented me from eating this delicious staple in America. But not this day! My friends came through and successfully fed the rest of the party.
By Alicia del Aguila5 years ago in Feast