Besides sugar, honey is perhaps the most familiar sweetener we know and love. And most of us also probably know that honeycomb (and...
By The MercuryApril 28, 2019I’ve eaten a lot of pretty weird things in my life — cow feet, goat brains and jelly fish, just to name a...
By The MercuryApril 15, 2019Some of the most beloved foods in American cuisine are simple but interesting and unique. A combination of fruit puree and peanut paste...
By The MercuryMarch 31, 2019Call me crazy, but I adore all things fermented, such as miso, kombucha or sauerkraut. Beyond the fact that eating fermented food offers...
By The MercuryMarch 10, 2019Chinese New Year is an extremely important holiday for Chinese people and is celebrated worldwide. It’s based on the Chinese lunar calendar, which...
By The MercuryFebruary 25, 2019I’ve grown up eating Middle Eastern food at restaurants and parties because it’s my family’s favorite cuisine apart from our own Pakistani food....
By The MercuryFebruary 11, 2019Although African cuisine in general has been significantly influenced by centuries of colonialism, it still remains fairly unique compared to other cuisines in...
By The MercuryJanuary 28, 2019My knowledge of South American cuisine is, unfortunately, quite limited and mostly consists of what I’ve seen in pop culture and other forms...
By The MercuryJanuary 12, 2019This weekend, we traveled down to the campus dorms to whip up a little something for ourselves to try — pakoras and chai....
By The MercuryDecember 1, 2018Two weeks ago, I thought military food was bland, tasteless and solely there to provide ample calories and nutrients for soldiers at war....
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