This time around we decided to make lentil soup, buckwheat žganci, and a vegetable side dish. Before we get into the recipe though, we have some linguistics to discuss! What are the žganci? Žganci [click] is a traditional dish from Slovenia and Croatia, two Slavic countries that were formerly a […]
Monthly Archives: June 2019
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You’ve probably heard a lot about garlic. From fighting off vampires, to protecting sailors from magic in The Odyssey, this plant has been wrapped up in folklore for a long time. That’s not all though; garlic was so important in Egypt that it was used as a form of currency. […]
A not long time ago our colleague returned from a trip to Peru, so we asked her to bring us a little bit closer to Peruvian culture. Knowing us, you probably guessed that we specifically asked that she bring our bellies closer to the culture… With this in mind, she […]
Do you remember learning about different flavours as a kid? You probably did the time-honoured experiment of eating different kinds of food at school and seeing which tastes you perceived and where on your tongue you noticed them. With this experiment (besides amusing the teachers by having us make funny […]
What are proteins? Proteins are molecules composed of at least fifty smaller units known as amino acids. Though many naturalists of the 18th century were involved in studying and discovering these compounds, perhaps it is the French chemist, Antoine Fourcroy, who most deserves mentioning. When this substance was discovered, the […]