EES Presents Food Ways

"Food ways" is an expression that dates back to 1946. It refers to the eating habits and culinary practices of a people, region, or historical period. Food Ways Presented by Everyday Exotic Spices: Food finds for foodies and food lovers - curated content from around the web, sharing the ways we all like to enjoy our food! Food history, recipe sharing, and all things food-related. This foodie blog is aimed at newbie cooks or beginners. But everyone is welcome!

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

World Cuisine : Potatoes or Rice? Rice! It Has Jewels!!

Potatoes are wonderful food. There is no limit to the recipes for preparing them. But if one were to ask me about rice. I would say the same thing. If someone were to ask me to choose between a potato dish and a rice dish, I would have to go with this rice dish. How could I resist? It so pretty and exotic! Plus. It has jewels!

Persian Jeweled Rice
| The View From Great Island

Persian Jeweled Rice is a spectacular rice pilaf topped with colorful gem-like fruits and nuts ~ this popular wedding dish is a celebration in itself!

More rice dishes you'll love just as much!

This rice dish has cranberries is a perfect American Thanksgiving side dish. Don't you think so?

PERSIAN CRANBERRY RICE PILAF | littlespicejar.com

Rosh Hashanah Sweet Basmati Rice with Carrots & Raisins | mayihavethatrecipe.com

Your Kids Are Going To LOVE These 4 Fried Rice Ideas | buzzfeed.com

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Food Blog Spotlight: Honey Chai Cake Recipe | Arabic Food (Reblog)

Are you curious about global flavors? You have wanderlust but can't wander too far because your travel budget is extremely limited? Describing myself, of course. My travel adventures are accomplished mainly through the Internet and television. Was watching a TV cooking show and the host asked one of his guests who was a world traveler, which part of the world had the "best food" (in his opinion). He said he enjoyed food prepared in the Middle East.

Image credit: Arabic Food I, photo by Victor Maia, found at Flickr.com

Connecting the dots.

Several months back, began using the Google+ collections feature to maintain a collection of posts and links related to World Cuisine. In the process, stumbled across the Arabic Food Recipes blog. My husband and kids are turned on to chai tea. Even though I am a coffee fiend, having been encouraged by them to try a cup, it's very easy to understand why they are chai tea lovers. At the aforementioned food blog found a cake recipe and thought to myself:

'Chai tea is delicious. Why not chai cake?'

(See link shared below.)

Here is another thing to note about this blog. When many of us are enjoying the holiday season, we say "Happy Holidays" to others. Why? It's not to be anti-Christmas. America is a diverse nation. Some folks do not celebrate Christmas. But they do celebrate a holiday! This blog has holiday recipes for Christmas, EID, and Ramadan. Cool huh?

Honey Chai Cake Recipe

Honey Chai Cake Recipe
A delicious honey cake with tea, covered with vanilla and white chocolate icing, no one can resist it! Shaikha - founder of "When Shaikha Cooks" blog - prepared for you this unique recipe, to prepare it easily, especially for when you're expecting friends.

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with flavours of shawarma recipe

“There’s nothing worse than being stuck in the kitchen on Christmas day while all your guests are enjoying themselves outside, so this DIY lamb shawarma recipe is the perfect solution. ...”

Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with flavours of shawarma recipe
The Arabic Food Recipes Kitchen (The home of Delicious Arabic Food) invites you to try Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with flavours of shawarma recipe. Enjoy the Arabic cuisine and learn how to make Slow-roasted lamb shoulder with flavours of shawarma.

Eid Kaak with Dates Recipe

Eid Kaak with Dates Recipe
Cooking time: 20 minutes servings: 100 Ingredients Dough: 2 cups very hot margarine7 cups flour2 tsp smell of kaak (special kaak spices)2 tbsp toasted sesame1/2 cup warm water1 tbsp yeast 1 tsp sugar1/2 cup milk Stuffing: 500 grams Ajwa (dates)1 tsp cinnamon For garnish: Fine powder sugar Directions 1.

Eggplant With Lamb, Tomato and Pine Nuts Recipe

“ … this traditional Lebanese dish is made for celebratory meals and gatherings.

Eggplant With Lamb, Tomato and Pine Nuts Recipe
With its layers of golden eggplant, cinnamon-scented lamb, and sweet tomato sauce topped with melted cheese, this traditional Lebanese dish is made for celebratory meals and gatherings. Even better, it's just as good served warm or room temperature as it is hot from the oven.

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Friday, May 28, 2021

Foodie Friday : Falafel - Traditional Recipe for Chickpea Falafel (Reblog)

** Food trivia: "Falafel was originally made with fava beans and continues to be made that way in Egypt and other Arab countries, but Israeli falafel is made from chickpeas."

Personally, I am sort of glad the recipe was modified. Ever since the character Hannibal Lecter - played by Sir Anthony Hopkins - made that comment about fava beans in the movie "Silence of The Lambs", the beans just don't look the same on my plate.

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Falafel restaurant in Nazareth (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

"A falafel sandwich is truly an exceptional taste experience!”

Falafel - Traditional Recipe for Chickpea Falafel | toriavey.com

Falafel - Traditional Recipe for Chickpea Falafel

Falafel is a traditionally Arab food. The word falafel may descend from the Arabic word falāfil, a plural of the word filfil, meaning "pepper." These fried vegetarian fritters are often served along with hummus, and tahini sauce (known as a "falafel plate.") They're also great served with toum, a Middle Eastern garlic sauce.