New Year’s Day falls on January 1st since when?
The answer: January 1st, 1753. If you live in America or in any other country then part of the British Empire, 1753 was the first year where January 1st was celebrated as the first day of a new calendar year. The Calendar Act of 1751 was the British law which set 1752 as the…
BEST of Cambodia food : Fish Amok !
Fish Amok. Cambodia’s Fish Amok. Here follows SeriousEats.com’s take on this famous dish which you will find in every Phnom Penh restaurant: This fish curry is often called Cambodia’s national dish, and for good reason—its presentation is beautiful and it tastes even better. Fish amok gets its signature flavor from kroeung, an aromatic curry paste…
BEST of Cape Verde food : Cachupa !
Cachupa is the signature dish of the Cape Verde Islands in Africa. Similar to a French cassoulet, cachupa is a slow cooked stew of corn, beans, vegetables and meat or fish. Each island seems to have its own variation of the dish. Photo by IngredientMatcher The cachupa recipe below comes from capeverde-islands.com: Ingredients: 4…
My best moments with Woody Allen in New York City
Nestled comfortably in our recliner seats of the Royal Sprinter luxury mercedes van service, we are heading home to Washington after four days in the footsteps of Woody Allen in New York City. Our program for the trip, as detailed in a previous posting on this blogsite, had been loaded with events. Yet, I am…