We have you covered with all sorts of recipes for delicious Indian home-style meals to accompany your Live Stream of Ragas Live Festival 2019! Ragas Live Festival 2019 is Here! Links to the Live Stream & Appetizer Listening Choose from many
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Garam masala, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. And especially all the non-traditional ways: on roasted cashews, in oatmeal raisin cookie, on roasted cauliflower, on roasted cauliflower turned into soup…. and so many more. Here, we share a
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This is a guest post from Shahirah Elaiza, creator of the Colours of My Life blog, and Colors of my Kitchen on Instagram. As newlyweds living in Brooklyn, New York, Shahirah and Juan hosted their first iftar (a meal to break
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When the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn lineup came out in May, and the kids and I did our annual listening party, Salif Keita won out as our new favorite. The more we got to know him, his country and his cause, we decided
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We have been a bit quiet, so we wanted to provide a brief update: the Cultures Capsules team has been hard at work behind the scenes…..
Eats: Dr John’s favorite Raccoon Stew (adapted for available ingredients), Pralines, Sazerac Tunes: Spotify Playlist here, and some videos below Bonus Tunes: Iko Iko hack: get your guests jammin’ along via these easy ways to play Iko Iko on piano (chords
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This Cultures Capsule is based on an event held in March 2019, when more than 30 people braved the unseasonably cold weather in Brooklyn to attend ‘Jason Vance’s Sounds, Stories and Suppers of Appalachia.’ Attendees were taken on an immersive, virtual
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Story: Remembering Beryl through her food, favorite music, and small stories Eats: Curried Goat, Rice and Peas*, Fried Sweet Plantains, Sliced Fresh Veggies, Carrot-Lime Juice, Apple Crisp with Rum Raisin Ice Cream Playlist: This free Spotify playlist to hear some of
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Transport yourself to Quimper (pronounced “Kalm-pair”), for the Festival de Cornouaille, celebrating the rich cultural history of Brittany, in France. Make sure to have some French hard cider on hand to have with your galettes complète de Breton, and leave the music
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File this one away for next summer or do an indoor version, with our nature sounds playlist and transport you and your table guests to a warm summer evening in New England. Or, maybe you’re in the southern hemisphere counting down the
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Extreme versions of farina go head-to-head in this breakfast taste test: Dad’s South Indian Upma vs Mom’s New England ream of Wheat.