Archive for April, 2012

#116 Mongolia: bring on the fermented mare’s milk!

  OK, fine.  I admit it:  sometimes, I totally stalk people.  But only if I think they might be able to feed me something interesting. Once upon a time, I was hungry, and tried really hard to stalk real Mongolians in New York City.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any.  (In case you’re wondering: corner-store “Mongolian […]

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#115 Kazakhstan: sidewalk Kazakh ziplock pilaf

  In case you haven’t noticed, I’m not really a huge fan of fancy restaurants with fancy table settings.  Once, I happily ate tasty Honduran beef out of a large, black trash bag in a park in the Bronx.  One of my all-time favorite New York meals is served in a parking lot in Astoria.  […]

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