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"What is in a name?" For fans of Shakespeare, it is a question posed by Juliet in Act II, Scene II of Romeo & Juliet .  For a ...

The famous author, Aldous Huxley, once observed, "[i]f the world had any ends, British Honduras would certainly be one of them. It is n...

If I had to identify the one thing about cooking that most intrigues me, it is the mole. A mole is a traditional sauce that is a fundamental...

Modern history defines Kashmir in a broad stroke. That stroke illustrates a land divided amongst three separate powers. There is Azad Kashmi...

Heritage is sometimes an interesting subject, especially for me.  One side of my family comes from Italy.  Anyone who peruses this blog, esp...

Nadan qazangha qaraydu, tadan ochaqqa (qaraydu). The words are spoken by Uyghurs, with a language that perhaps most closely resembles Uzbek,...

Its name in Sanskrit is Panchanada , the "Land of Five Rivers." After a wave of Muslim conquests, the conquerors used the Persia...

It has quite a while since I have posted anything on my Chef Bolek blog. I have to admit that I have been cooking less, even though I have b...

A few years back, I was in New Orleans for work. After a long day, I joined some friends and colleagues for dinner. They had chosen the r...

The history of the Shishito pepper goes back about five centuries.  In some respects, it is a tale that begins as the story of many peppe...