“There aren’t a lot of Faroese food blogs,” Eric remarked, as he trawled through online resources in an effort to build a menu. Many of the recipes he did find were going to be impossible to make — stuffed puffin and fermented pilot whale blubber just wasn’t available at our local…
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Assignment 131: Philippines
I have had Filipino food exactly once, at a little restaurant in Toronto. At a table covered with banana leaves, we were served a hefty portion of garlic rice topped with grilled seafood. We ate with our hands — Filipinos call this style of eating Kamayan…
Assignment 128: Palau
“I hope you like coconut,” Eric said, as we tucked into our Palauan feast. Palau is one of the northernmost parts of the Micronesia sub-region of Oceania, placing it north of Papua New Guinea and just east of the Philippines. The result is…
Assignment 123: England
We went to England in 2015, fulfilling a lifelong dream of Eric’s to see a country he had long been fascinated with. We enjoy many British things in our daily lives, including British TV shows, cryptic crosswords, and cricket. English food, though, apart from fish and chips, has…
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 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 68: Peru
Location: South America Population: 32.5 million Capital: Lima Geography: A mix of coastal plain, mountains, and Amazon jungle Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Signature flavours: Seafood, potato and sweet potato, corn, hot peppers, cheese, chicken The Menu Peruvian food is unique to South America — it doesn’t really look like any of its continental counterparts. Eric…
Assignment 55: Singapore
Location: Southern tip of the Malay Peninsula Population: 5.6 million Capital: Singapore Geography: A highly developed island city state Language: English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil Signature flavours: Seafood, kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), garlic, chillies, anise, noodles The Menu Recipes abound for Singaporean cuisine, so my challenge for this assignment was choosing between them all. Singaporean…
Assignment 54: Seychelles
Location: The Indian Ocean, off the east coast of Africa Population: 94,000 Capital: Victoria Geography: An archipelago of 115 islands Language: French, English, Seychellois Creole Signature flavours: Seafood, coconut, ginger, cinnamon, hot peppers, garlic, curry The Menu Seychelles was largely uninhabited, save for the odd passerby, until the 18th century, so the archipelago nation has…
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