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Week #18 Israeli

Another Mediterranean cuisine? Well, yes and no. One blog entry could never do justice to what is considered Israeli cuisine. While Israel is seated on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean, generations of Jews scattered across the globe and returning … Continue reading

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Week #17 Southern Italian: The Feast of the Seven Fishes

La Vigilia, The Feast of the Seven Fishes, is a Christmas Eve meal featuring, you guessed it, fish. While communities throughout Italy celebrate La Vigilia, this meal is more a feature of southern Italian and Sicilian tradition, one carried to … Continue reading

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Week #16 South African

South Africa. Now here’s a place with some amazing culinary influences: various African tribes, numerous waves of European settlers including the English, Portuguese, French, German and Dutch contingents, and a healthy representation of Indian, Malaysian, Filipino and others from around … Continue reading

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Week #15 Michoacan (Mexican)

Well into the fourth month of this 52 Cuisines project, I still haven’t featured any Mexican cuisines. It’s time to remedy that. When you’re considering a country as vast as Mexico, though, you really can’t get away with a quickie … Continue reading

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Week #14 Croatian

Croatian for Thanksgiving? I’m not much of a traditionalist, so I say, “Why not?” [Check last Thanksgiving’s blog entry and you’ll find that we enjoyed a Southern feast of pork ribs smoked in the backyard, with collard greens, black-eyed peas, … Continue reading

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