When somebody says “papaya” you probably think of something orange in the last tropical fruit salad you ate. But in Thailand, they like to pick the papaya when it’s still green and either cook it or turn it into a spicy salad that for all the world could be the Southeast Asian version of coleslaw. […]
Unless I completely miss my guess, most Americans have come to think of tabbouleh as primarily grains flecked with parsley. But in Lebanon, where our food appreciation classes currently find themselves on our virtual world culinary tour, there is a long tradition of herb salads. The most famous throughout the Middle East–tabbouleh–in fact comes to […]
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Wanna see kids eat vegetables? Make Greek salad! I wouldn’t have thought it, but kids will even eat raw green pepper when it’s prepared in the traditional Greek fashion. Well, maybe not our pre-K and Kindergartners. The little ones typically shy away from anything green or too healthy looking. But older kids seem to really […]
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