Posted in Entrees, Hunan, Hunan Cuisine, Uncategorized on July 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Or thank goodness for the silk road!
Beef With Cumin; Revolutionary Chinese Cooking, page 102
When you think Chinese food, do you think cumin? I didn’t. But thanks to the silk road, Muslim traders and settlers, cumin has a place in Chinese cuisine. Dunlop notes that cumin is associated with the Muslim influenced city of Xinjiang.
Kevin, busy [...]
Posted in Entrees, Hunan, Hunan Cuisine, Sides on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finishing out Les Halles with a whimper rather than a bang forced us to forgo may favorite recipe in the book, Choucroute Garnie. I’ll let the memory of that steaming bowl of porky goodness resonate untainted in my head for a while longer. Why ruin a wonderful memory?
We drew out the month mostly because, [...]
