Tag: cultural
‘Dear Foodbuzz’: French Apple Tart
As most of you know, the Zomppa crew recently participated in the Foodbuzz’s Project Food Blog competition. We made it to the third round, but then, were devastatingly rejected. This is Zomppa’s letter to Foodbuzz in response to their decision. Dearest Foodbuzz, Upon reading your ‘letter,’ we here at Zomppa are, ever so slightly, disturbed. [...]
Mast-esfenaj (Yoghurt with Spinach)
I am, by no means, a good cook. There are, however, just a couple of dishes I can do well, including the following dip (which I usually over-eat with bread, because I just love it!). It’s a Persian recipe, and there are variations, but this is the version my very-excellent-cook-of-a-mother taught me. Now, every Iranian [...]
TidBit of the Day: Hot Stuff
Source: Hot Bread Kitchen A great organization called Hot Bread Kitchen works with low-income women and their families to preserve baking traditions from all over the world. From Mexico to Morocco, this unique social entrepreneurs distributes its breads all over New York City. Their breads range from hand-made tortillas to lavash to focaccia to challah to [...]
Hookah Time Baklava
From the marketplaces of Cairo and tea houses of Shiraz, to the sidewalk cafes of Dubai and London, you’ll find the perfumed smoke of the hookah, (otherwise known as sheesha, water pipe, narghilla, and hubbly bubbly) resonate with young and old alike. To many Middle Easterners it is a cultural past time, to sit with [...]
Galoshes Goulash with a Splash of Dumplings, Ja?
It’s raining, it’s pouring – welcome, Autumn! I hope you stay for a while. While I’m having fun splashing in my rainboots (who says you are too old to splash in puddles?), I thought this would a perfect time to try out a warm goulash stew. My inspiration was a photo by Cake Mountain Man’s [...]
Photo of the Day: Tomato Season
Traditional Spanish rice and tomatoes tapa during Jose Andres’ Jaleo’s (Bethesda) seasonal tomato celebration.
Martian in the City: Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry
On some random night in 2002, I rode the T, Boston’s mind-numbingly loud and clank-y metro system, to dinner at a very good friend’s house. As I sat there, occupying myself by pretending to read a book, someone standing across from me shouted over the train’s obnoxious rattling. “Hi! Hello, yes, excuse me?! Sorry to [...]
Project Food Blog #1: Food, Meet Zomppas
As one of 2,000 bloggers in FoodBuzz’s first ever contest to find the next food blog star, we’re in it to win it! The winner is voted by food bloggers and a panel of distinguished judges, including: Dana Cowin, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD & WINE Magazine, Nancy Silverton, Founder La Brea Bakery, Co-owner Mozza, and Pim Techamuanvivit, Author of ChezPim.com and The [...]
