In addition to my day job, my duties as a wife and mother and holiday preparations, I’ve been busy writing the text for the second volume of The Silk Road Gourmet.  The volume covers what I call the “fusion” cuisines of Central Asia, the...

A number of readers have commented to me that they are having a hard time finding The Silk Road Gourmet in their countries.  This spurred me to do some research to find sources for people to buy the book.  What I’ve found is part of a new text widget...

Autumn Means Pickles! Cucumbers, capers, ginger, garlic, peppers, beans, asparagus, onions:  Any vegetable out there – and quite a few fruits as well make excellent pickles.  All along the Silk Road, harvest time and the weeks and months that...

Every chef and serious home cook knows that good knife skills are important for the safe and proper preparation of food. Knife skills teach us how to properly julienne or paysanne vegetables or other ingredients without taking the fingers of the...

One of the food-related trends in modern society is that of nutraceuticals, that is, people seeking foods that will enhance some physical characteristic or another that they value.  From foods to boost brain power to foods to aid weight loss, or...