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Once and Always a Chef
Editor's Note: Chef Kandace Davis (above), the retired owner of Cha Cha Chow, an award-winning, innovative food truck in St. Louis,...
Jul 23, 20225 min read
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Chhana: milk's leap toward immortality
Nina Mukerjee Furstenau KOLKATA, India -- Clifton Fadiman famously said, "A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it...
Dec 8, 20183 min read
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Psst, may I speak confidentially?
KOLKATA, India-- I feel, as Lilian Boxfish did in the novel Lilian Boxfish Takes a Walk, that there’s a low-grade lunacy to life in a...
Nov 19, 20185 min read
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When a war lord craves melons...
KOLKATA, India--What would a war lord, like Barbur, do for the taste of melon? Apparently, the 16th century central Asian prince, Zahir...
Oct 26, 20182 min read
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Tracing clues on a trail of crumbs
KOLKATA, India—I’ve been reading a lot lately about what makes a food your own. At home in Missouri before leaving for Bengal to research...
Oct 7, 20183 min read
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Satisfying our hungers
Nina Mukerjee Furstenau FAYETTE, Missouri -- In August, clear-yellow cloudless sulfur butterflies coast past my kitchen window heading...
Sep 26, 20184 min read
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Giving a fig
My fig tree is nearly ready to give up its fruit. Every time I look at the green, slowly thickening bulbs, I know I have to be both...
Sep 18, 20181 min read
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Welcome to"A Likely Story"
I write food and heritage stories that connect experiencing locales, people, and flavor. Follow this blog for short snippets of wonder...
Sep 16, 20181 min read
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