Cooking Lesson 4/Eggplant Up-Side Down

Posted on July 28th, 2011 by sanaacooks

Vegan Eggplant Up-Side Down: serves 8 2        Large Eggplants 1/4    cup olive oil 1        medium onion, chopped 1        16-ounce diced tomato with juice 1        clove garlic 1 1/2  cup Basmati Rice salt and pepper to taste 1/4    cup toasted pine nuts, [...]

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Differences in Cultures and Food

Posted on July 20th, 2011 by sanaacooks

Perhaps the best way to illustrate the difference in food culture from country to country is to tell of when I first emigrated to America.  I landed in Washington, D.C., where I studied the English language at Georgetown University, and where I got my first taste of American hospitality.  The international student advisor invited our [...]

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Tomatoes, The Queen of Vegetables

Posted on July 11th, 2011 by sanaacooks

In my home tomatoes are one vegetables that we can’t do without.  We eat them raw, cooked, grilled and whatever other way there is to ingest them.  We eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and for snacks when there is no meal on the table. The food literature I’ve been reading tells me that tomatoes [...]

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