#A to Z Challenge
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#A to Z Challenge 04-29-21 Zucchini
Z=Zucchini The Premeditated Zucchini Switcheroo Well, we have reached the end of the A to Z Challenge and what a fun month it has been, learning about all kinds of foods from around the world and/or the history of said foods! Today I guess I could have talked about Zoodles, or my delicious Zucchini chips, Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-28-21 Yorkshire Parkin
Y=Yorkshire Parkin I really need to stop writing posts about sweets! I’m having enough trouble sticking to my diet as it is. Ah, but I digress. Let’s dive in, shall we? No one knows the exact date that Yorkshire parkin became a key staple of England’s Guy Fawkes Night, however, the moist, dense, intensely-flavored bread Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-27-21 Xuixo
X = Xuixo “shoo-shoo” Locals in Girona, Spain enjoyed a decadent, custard-filled version of a cronut way before it first became a sensation. In this Catalonian city, bakers would fill the croissant like dough with crema catalana — Spanish style crème brûlée — deep fry and sugarcoat the pastry and the resulting breakfast treat is Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-26-21 Walnut Cakes
W=Walnut Cakes (with a surprise twist!) In Korea, a yummy street food staple are Hodu Kwaja — aka walnut cakes — that are traditionally filled with sweetened red bean paste (the quintessential Asian pastry filling) but one bakery called Hodo Kwaja, (in Toronto’s Koreatown) the surprise twist is a decadent, creamy filling of mashed potatoes Continue reading
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#A to Z Challenge 04-24-21 Vermouth
V=Vermouth “Doing a Vermouth” While here in America, we are known to “do shots,” in Catalonia, Spain — they “Do a Vermouth.” The history of vermouth in Spain is not as it’s history in Italy, in Catalonia, they drink their local style straight or on the rocks, or slightly cut with soda. Their version of Continue reading
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