~SHASHLIK~
Many of us don’t know that Shashlik initially originated from Eastern Europe. It is a descendant of the word “shish” or “sis” in the turkish and Iranian language which actually…
~ A BREAD PIE AFFAIR ~
The aroma of a good bread baking leaves you with the world’s sweetest smells as James Bears once wrote, “Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and…
~ SPICY ZINGER BURGER ~
Customer: Excuse me? Look, I ordered one Good Burger with nothing on it. Ed: That’s what I gave you. Customer: No! You gave me a bun. Just a bun! Look!…
~GOLA KEBAB PARATHA ROLL~
Anthony Bourdain avered, “I think of street food as the antidote to fast food, it’s the clear alternative to the King, the Clown and the Colonel”. Street food of any…
~ LASAGNA WRAPS ~
Giada De Lorentiis once said, “Pasta doesn’t make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat” and I agree. I believe nothing is bad for you until and…
~ MANCHURIAN WITH EGG-POCKET FRIED RICE ~
“As long as there is Pasta and Chinese Food in the world, I’m okay” (Micheal Chang) and true that for me. I have always loved Chinese for as long as…
~ BBQ PERI-PERI CHICKEN ~
“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fuelling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture”…
~SHAWARMA~
George Bernard Shaw, wrote history when he wrote, “there is no love sincerer than the love of food” and it is one of my favorite lines in literature. The love…
CREAMY BIHAAR CHICKEN CURRY~
I have to admit, ever since, I have matured in my knowledge of cooking techniques and spices, I have loved being an alchemist in my kitchen. Having various spices in…
Early Days of Baseball
“Play ball!” the umpire shouts. The batter steps up to home plate. The pitcher winds up and fires the ball. The batter begins his swing, the bat cracks, and the…
Muhammad Ali
During the 1960s and 1970s, no person in American sports was more famous than world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Ali’s fame resulted from more than just his boxing title.…
Early Days of Golf
Golf began in Scotland hundreds of years ago, but it did not begin to interest Americans until the 1880s. Golf clubs sprang up in Foxburg, Pennsylvania; Yonkers, New York; and…
Babe Ruth
George Herman Ruth was possibly the greatest baseball player of all time; certainly he was the most famous. He was the “Sultan of Swat,” the “Bambino,” or simply the “Babe.”…
Nat Turner's Rebellion
On the night of August 21, 1831, Nat Turner led a small band of fellow slaves into the Southhampton, Virginia, home of Joseph Travis, his owner. The slaves killed Travis…
The Shakers
“When they meet together for their worship, they fall a-groaning and trembling, and every one acts alone for him; one will fall prostate on the floor, another on his knees…
The Founding of the Boy Scouts
On a visit to London in 1909, Chicago publisher William D. Boyce became lost in a heavy fog. An English Boy Scout helped him to find his way. The Scout…
Admiral Hyman Rickover
On January 17, 1955, Admiral Hyman Rickover saw one of his life’s dreams become reality. On that memorable winter day, the U.S.S. Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine set out…
Yosemite National Park
Deep in the Sierra Nevada, California’s snow-capped mountains, is a special hidden treasure – not gold or silver, but America’s most spectacular hidden valley. It is called Yosemite and it…
The Navajo
More than 500 years ago, a group of people migrated southward from Canada and Alaska to the present-day American Southwest. These newcomers, the Navajo, soon became the dominant tribe in…
Grand Canyon National Park
The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is nature’s greatest sculpture. Up to 18 miles wide, a mile deep, and 280 miles long, this breathtaking gorge contains fantastically shaped peaks, buttes,…