India goes BANANAS • Banana Market

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Trucks and trucks of green bananas came rolling into town. They’re off-loaded by hand, then auctioned off (that is the cutting and writing on the stalk part). The…

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Handmade SEL ROTI • a Donut-like Delicacy

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Sel Roti is Nepal’s version of a donut. It’s lightly sweet, fried and eaten with your hands. Traditionally, Roti was considered a delicacy and made for the festival of…

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Hot fried SAMOSA • Fast (fried) food

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Even in Nepal, high in the mountains, you can get fast food. Samosa (or Singoda in Nepal) is served on almost every street corner at any time of…

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Rotterdam’s FOOD FESTIVAL • Djemaa el Fna

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Holland’s multi-culti tastebuds explode each year at Rotterdam’s Djemaa el Fna food festival. Originally the festival was conceived to showcase the tastes of the city’s large Moroccan population….

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The Red Lion WINDMILL • A Working Flour Mill

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

  Walk over to the Red Lion and you’ll find flour milled according to the craft of generations. The miller, Willem Roose, does it for love – for…

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