A culinary journey through Central Asia truly connects East and West, and guides you through both Silk Road and Soviet history. In Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, among beautiful mountains, wide-open grasslands and desert….
To read more, here’s my story in the Chicago Tribune on Central Asian cuisine — including 5 Chicago restaurants.
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Photo by Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans
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Getting a final taste of summer by exploring Italian summer foods from different regions via a selection of Chicago restaurants.
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Did you know that several Polish dishes have roots in Turkish and Central Asian cuisines? Yes, this includes pierogi too! In this story, I take a look at five Polish restaurants in Chicago where these historic ties play out.
Link to the full story:
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From Africa to the America’s is my exploration of the culinary connections between the foods of West Africa, the American South, the Caribbean nations, the Bahia region of Brazil, and East Africa is also included because of its influence today. There are 7 Chicago restaurants featured, and I interviewed the chefs and owners, who shared personal culinary memories and insights on dishes, ingredients and cooking techniques.
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Since 2018, I have been writing a blog series with my husband named Around the World in LA, exploring the cuisine, music and other cultures of all the world’s countries in alphabetical order. Since 2022, we have moved these explorations to Chicago.
In this story series for the Chicago Tribune, I’m giving these explorations a different spin — exploring a small group of countries with a common theme, and a selection of restaurants in Chicago that offer the cuisine in question.
Link to the full story:
https://www.chicagotribune.com...
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Since 2018, I have been writing a blog series with my husband named Around the World in LA, exploring the cuisine, music and other cultures of all the world’s countries in alphabetical order. Since 2022, we have moved these explorations to Chicago.
In this story series for the Chicago Tribune, I’m giving these explorations a different spin — exploring a small group of countries with a common theme, and a selection of restaurants in Chicago that offer the cuisine in question.
Link to the full story:
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