Mayan chocolate is probably best known as a delicious, hot, and frothy drink made with ground cacao beans and corn meal and spiced with chiles and cinnamon. This rich but bitter drink – called xocolatl – has been around for thousands of years, and only became a sweet treat in the 1700s in Europe. These…
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Yummy Honey, Seed & Nut Power Snack Recipes
Last week I talked about tasting honey. In my opinion, honey can be overpowering – rich, sweet, even palpitation-inducing – on its own and tastes best in combination with more savory ingredients…like tea, or nuts, or meat. The very different flavors balance and enhance each other. And, honey is a great binding agent for pulling together…
Coconuts and the Blades (AKA Coconut Knives) that Cut Them
Last summer while wandering through an Asian grocery store, I stopped in the kitchen tools section. I ended up buying some things that, today, I don’t think I could do without – a fine-gauge strainer, a stainless steel wok spatula, and a mesh drain catch-all. There were also some tools at the market that I…
Coconut Rice Pilaf with Roasted Pineapple, Cashews, and Raisins
I am not a big fan of savory dishes with coconut in them, but a trip to Belize changed my mind – at least about rice with coconut. You see, when I was a kid, I really only ate the sugar-coated, shredded coconut that came in a bag. You know, the kind you find in…
Coconut Brown Rice Pudding for Breakfast
When I was a kid, my favorite breakfast was a hot bowl of cream-of-wheat with milk and sugar and piles of Cheerios on top. What I liked the most were the texture combinations – hot and cold, chewy and crunchy, as well as the sweet earthy flavor of wheat and oats. It’s been many years…