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The BFD Food Column: Zalza (Maltese Salsa)

The BFD Food Column: Zalza (Maltese Salsa)

This salsa is a basic sauce that can be used for just about anything you’d use a rich, tomato-based sauce for. In Maltese cooking, it’s most often slathered on top of fried fish. If you grow your own tomatoes, this is a perfect recipe to use up all

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Five Things We Discovered When We Made 16th Century Beer

Susan Flavin Associate professor of history, Trinity College Dublin Charlie Taverner Research fellow, history, Trinity College Dublin It’s true that our 16th-century ancestors drank much more than Irish people do today. But why they did so and what their beer was like are questions shrouded in myth. The authors

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The BFD Food Column: Ghagin Fil Forn (Baked Macaroni)

The BFD Food Column: Ghagin Fil Forn (Baked Macaroni)

While Maltese cuisine can often be mistaken for basic Mediterranean/Italian fare, it certainly has its signature unique dishes. Pastizzi, for instance, are the classic Maltese street food: crisp, buttery pastries filled variously with ricotta, mashed curried peas or other fillings. Another Maltese classic is Ghagin Fil Forn (the first

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The BFD Food Column: Ravjul (Maltese ravioli)

The BFD Food Column: Ravjul (Maltese ravioli)

Malta, the tiny Mediterranean island nation, rarely intrudes onto the world stage. Yet, given its pivotal location nearer Africa than Europe, it’s been fought over by the world’s biggest empires for over 3,000 years. That history has left it with an eclectic legacy of everything from language

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The BFD Food Column: Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

The BFD Food Column: Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Around the Mediterranean and near the Middle East, the art of stuffing vegetables with rice, meat, fish or (other) vegetables is commonplace. Stuffed tomatoes, zucchini, onions, potatoes and even large meaty mushrooms are popular and tasty. Stuffed vegetables can make nice summer mains, entrees and side dishes. Stuffed Portobello mushrooms

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The BFD Food Column: Deep Fried Kubbeh

The BFD Food Column: Deep Fried Kubbeh

Kubbeh, the Middle Eastern ‘meal in one’ is enjoyed broadly from Morocco to Kurdistan. Kubbeh is seasoned mincemeat (a vegetarian option can be done with mushrooms) buried in dough made of bulgur wheat, semolina, flour and oil. It can be enjoyed in soups or deep fried. Its origins remain elusive:

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Maintaining a Healthy Heart with Diet

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com There’s the myth that eating meat

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