South Sudan is the newest country in the world, at just 12 years old. It’s no wonder, then, that recipes, cookbooks, and food blogs with a South Sudanese focus are few and far between. I happened across a blog called Taste of South Sudan, and from there…
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Assignment 120: Maldives
Our family and friends all know about the Wooden Spoon Wanderer project, and by this point, have contributed a few cookbooks to the WSW library, including some that cover all the countries of the world. These come in very handy, especially for tiny places like Maldives, and…
Assignment 119: French Caribbean
I set off on my assignment by heading to our cookbook shelf. There, I was dismayed to find not a single recipe hailing from the French Caribbean region. I had no results online either, until I switched my research into French. I landed on a fantastic…
Assignment 118: Latvia
Eric has done quite a few Eastern European assignments, but it had been a while. He started his research on Wikipedia, then went searching for recipes, both online and in our Wooden Spoon Wanderer library. Latvian menus typically feature a lot of meat, and for our pescatarian…
Assignment 117: India
If I’m being honest, I was overwhelmed to get India as my next assignment. Thrilled, excited, eager…but overwhelmed. Indian food is one of my favourite cuisines (and Eric’s absolute favourite). I’ve eaten a huge variety of fabulous Indian dishes that hail from all parts of the country. The resources…
Assignment 116: Kuwait
Sometimes it’s weeks or even months between assignments, as we juggle life and work, source hard-to-find ingredients, or just put the blog on the back-burner for a while and wait for inspiration to strike again. This time, however, Eric did his assignment less than a week…
Assignment 115: Benin
At first, finding Beninese recipes was challenging, until I remembered to consult the wonderful Africa Cookbook, which has provided countless recipes. The author has friends in Benin, so despite the country’s small size and limited culinary reputation, several recipes were featured. I created my menu…
Assignment 114: Australia
Eric saw barramundi — an Australian white fleshed fish — for sale at a local rural market two years ago, and has been talking about it ever since. He finally got to live his dream and make a purchase of the frozen — and pricey — seafood, and set about creating a menu.
Assignment 113: Burundi
It seems to have become a tradition of the Wooden Spoon Wanderer blog that every so often, I’m apologizing again for a long break between assignments. The blog is a wonderful, time consuming, labour-intensive journey, and sometimes a break is called for. During this last pause…
Assignment 112: Luxembourg
On a warm June day (not so many days ago at the time of writing this), Eric and I ducked our heads as we entered an ancient limestone sea cave. A painted sign on the rock proclaimed it to be called Hohllay. We were in Berdorf, a region…
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