Well, we pulled off another successful parents night dinner last night at the elementary school where I teach food appreciation. Close to 50 parents and their children found seats in the multi-purpose room where our crack staff of after-school counselors was primed to serve a sumptuous menu. Bowls of our fiery pumpkin seed dip had […]
Doesn’t every culture have some sort of fried bread favorite? Where would New Orleans be without its beignets? Or Mexico its sopapillas? Or Boston its donuts? In Bolivia, a country high in the Andes mountains of South American where our food appreciation classes are currently visiting on a virtual world food tour, they call their fried […]
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In Latin America, food starts with corn and the arepa is another version of a corn cake that can be filled with just about anything–chicken, beef, pork, cheese, beans–to make a meal or a quick snack. In Venezuela, where our food appreciation classes are visiting this week on our virtual world food tour, arepas are […]
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