Recipes by We Are Never Full
Fabada Asturiana: the dish that changed historyMar 11th, 2011 by Jonny & AmyAlmost seven years ago I journeyed from Santillana del Mar to Santa Maria de Lebaña via San Vicente de la Barquera. So many saints, so much devotion, that it was little surprise to learn that beyond the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana and through the Picos de Europe lies the hallowed ground of… |
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Caldo de Costillas: Colombia’s Favorite Hangover CureMar 1st, 2011 by Jonny & AmyWe understand from our Colombian friend Juan Camilo (who longtime readers may remember from this podcast) that the Bogota nightlife is on a par with any of the world’s party capitals, and that when it comes to late night boozing, the aguardiente-loving natives of Colombia’s capital are among the most… |
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Incongruity, Thy Name is Baby Octopus & Fried EggsFeb 14th, 2011 by Jonny & Amy“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”- HamletEmerging from the cool interior, the scent of carved stone and beeswax mingles briefly before being overwhelmed by the perfume of orange trees, and the holy silence is punctured by the mossy gurgle of a tiny… |
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Lomo Saltado: Delicious, Eaten Drunk or SoberDuring his show on Panama, Anthony Bourdain observed that Chinese food somehow gets shinier the further west one goes. He might also have mentioned that it changes in other ways throughout the western hemisphere too, on the whole, becoming less and less Chinese-like. In a similar way to Panama, to which Chinese laborers flocked to… |
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Foie Gras-Stuffed Ravioli: Moments of LuxuryJan 17th, 2011 by Amy and JonnyThere’s a show on public television here in America called “Moment of Luxury” in which the host very generously enjoys all manner of fine things on our behalf and then shares his collected pensees about the experience. Traveling around the food blogosphere lately has felt like a surprisingly similar… |
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Lentils with Chocolate. No, really.Those of you who raised your eyebrows at the very idea of lentils mixed with chocolate might be forgiven for thinking that we have lost our tiny minds, that too long around infant children, cooing and a-goo-goo-gooing, has softened our already mushy brains beyond repair. Indeed, had we not gone out on a limb ourselves and given this a… |
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On Parenting and PumpkinsIt’s one of the ironies of being a new parent that even though we are spending more time than at any other point in our adult lives at home, we are finding it virtually impossible to do any cooking. Even when we do steal a few moments of quiet to get behind the burners, by the time the food is done, so is the nap our baby was taking.… |
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Pasta con le Sarde: Sicily on a plateGreeks, Romans, Moors, Normans, Spaniards, Garibaldi and his thousand, and finally hordes of tourists have visited Sicily over the milennia. Some stayed for centuries, some only for generations, but even those whose sojourn was comparatively brief played a role in the island’s blending of cultures and traditions.If this human… |
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Want Fusion Cuisine? Try Guyanese Chow MeinGuyana, sitting on the top right of the land mass of South America, is among the least known and most mysterious of that continent’s countries, something that is almost as true today as it was when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used it as the setting for his 1904 novel, The Lost World. Home to the most intact and least spoiled rain forests… |
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Lazy Vacation Post: Meaty LeftoversApr 27th, 2011 by Jonny & Amy“A little of what you fancy does you good.”– British sayingThe hardworking folks behind this non-award winning blog are enjoying a deserved warm weather break on Florida’s Gulf Coast right now. No offense to the locals, but we did not pick this particular destination for its well-known and highly prized… |
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