Category: Food for Thought
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Looking for Ethnic Restaurants in Barcelona? Start Here!
Last week I spent four days in Barcelona with my family. Technically, we were there to celebrate my middle son’s 18th birthday, but I had my own agenda. I wanted to find Barcelona’s best ethnic restaurants and make my tastebuds happy again after a year of living in Malaga where the food scene is pleasant,…
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MAMP Q&A with Yumday Founder: Lia Ballantine
Back in the day, I used to run Q&As with fascinating people doing fascinating things here on The Meltingpot. And since I’m now coming back to blogging on a regular basis, I decided to bring that segment back; The Meltingpot Q&A. And in honor of Women’s History Month, I decided to run this Q&A with…
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Cooking Like an Immigrant in My New Life Abroad
Yesterday afternoon as I was stirring a pot of fragrant black beans, the main course for our afternoon meal (I still don’t know if I should call it late lunch or early dinner) I realized that despite the fact that I have now lived in Spain for over six months, I am still cooking like…
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Life Lessons from Breakfast Served Around the World
Hello Meltingpot Community, If I made a list of some of my favorite things in the world, children, breakfast foods and international travel would all be in the the top-ten. For me, one of the hidden blessings of the pandemic is that I get to spend more time with my children and my breakfast game…
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Can A Vegetarian Lifestyle Save the Planet?
Hello Meltingpot Community, I’ve been thinking a lot about food lately. Why? Because living through a global pandemic with three children – two ginormous teen boys and a deceptively small, eight-year-old with a massive appetite – has me preparing food, cooking food, and shopping for food on a 24-hour cycle that seems unrelenting. Luckily, I…
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It’s the Multicultural Hand Pie Challenge!
Hello Meltingpot Community, I don’t know about you, but in these days of forced isolation, I am spending a lot of extra time in my kitchen. I’ve always loved cooking (and eating, of course) and trying new recipes. But this last month, I’ve been trying to take my culinary skills to the next level. I…
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Five Multicultural Cookbooks to Try Right Now
Hello Meltingpot Readers, So, most of us are stuck at home riddled with worry and/or bored and restless. What’s a shut-in to do to pass the time? Apparently, many of us are channeling our inner Julia Child as evidenced by the fact that flour is flying off the shelves all over America. Yes, stress baking…
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Meltingpot News to “Spice Up Your Life”
Hello Meltingpot Community, I’m a day late, but not a dollar short. There’s so much meltingpot news to share, I had trouble narrowing down my picks for this week, but here they are. From Forever stamps to the Facts of Life, this week’s stories are sure to spice up your life. Meltingpot News to Spice…
