Food EditorThe diet of the Middle East and the Mediterranean is one of the healthiest in the world. Middle Eastern countries, (including those on the Mediterranean) have many things in common. These countries have been inhabited …
History of the Pavlova
Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: This article on the pavlova has been given to us to reprint in its entirety by Glen Ralph of the Wilmar Library, South Australia. Glen published this originally in his “Notes …
Middle Eastern Cooking
The Greeks called it Mesopotamia – the land between two rivers – and it is the cradle of civilization. The two rivers were the Tigris and the Euphrates and in the southern part of Mesopotamia …
How to Make a Pavlova
Recipes for Traditional Pavlova The appellation “traditional” is applied to a recipe only after a generation or more of cooks and diners discover that a prepared food someone had created, many years before, as an …
Egyptian Food and Cooking
At the crossroads of Asia and Africa, the river Nile snakes through parched desert lands. On the fertile banks of the mighty Nile early man grew the foods that nourished the most advanced of ancient …
All About Hotdogs
Whether you call them hot dogs, wieners, franks or sausages, those tasty tubes of meat are pure summer. Who doesn’t remember firing up the grill or the campfire to char a hot dog black and …
Cuban Food
OLIVE OIL AND SOFRITO Much like los Griegos — the Greeks — we use olive oil for all our saucing. A Cuban household without olive oil is like a bath without water. Olive oil and …
Australian Foods and Cuisine: English Tradition to Fresh Innovation
The infinite variety of foods in Australia reflects the diversity of its land and provides for a rich cuisine. In the South, dense pine forests and lush green pastures cover the land that is used …