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    Potage Parmentier — Potato & Leek Soup

    Potage Parmentier — Potato & Leek Soup

    If you're in France, they'll likely say this is a French soup. If you're in England they'll probably say this is classic British soup....
    INSTA LIVE: Roti + Potato & Chickpea Curry

    INSTA LIVE: Roti + Potato & Chickpea Curry

    Mom did her first Instagram Live session with Chef Eduardo, sponsored by Sanctuary Kitchen at CitySeed, a wonderful non-profit...
    Kadhi Kichriy —  Moong Daal & Yogurt Kadhi

    Kadhi Kichriy — Moong Daal & Yogurt Kadhi

    This is my dad's (Dr T) favorite dish and he requests it a lot. What is kadhi? Wikipedia has some answers. Kadhi kichriy is interesting...
    GUEST FEATURE — Auntie Soosan's Sri Lankan Chicken Kari

    GUEST FEATURE — Auntie Soosan's Sri Lankan Chicken Kari

    Every culinarily active brown mama has their own chicken kari. In fact, there is no definitive "chicken curry" recipe out there; the...
    Nani's Pasta — Macaroni with Beef and Herbs

    Nani's Pasta — Macaroni with Beef and Herbs

    Amina (aka Chotan), was my maternal grandmother or Nani, and she hated cooking. In fact, she pretty much hated eating. As the youngest...
    Khao Suey — Noodles in Curried Coconut & Chicken Soup

    Khao Suey — Noodles in Curried Coconut & Chicken Soup

    Khao suey is a Burmese dish that Mrs T learned in Mauritius. The base of khao suey is a simple curried coconut soup, but the flavor of...
    Lenchi — Lentils

    Lenchi — Lentils

    For me, lentils epitomize comfort food. In Mauritius, lentils are normally eaten over rice, coupled with a beef curry, a cooling cucumber...
    Ladob Poul— Mauritian Chicken Kari

    Ladob Poul— Mauritian Chicken Kari

    “Daube” means stew in French. In Creole, we do away with all the (useless) silent French letters and spell it exactly as it sounds: dob....

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