LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Nov 13, 2009, 5:56 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/11/13/oysters-and-phony-baloney/',size:'small'}Oyster Culture I’ve shocked myself and passed my one year of blogging, a...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Nov 8, 2009, 9:59 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/11/08/irish-pubs-get-your-craic-here/',size:'small'}Temple Bar When I lived in London, pubs were my “go to” spots...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Nov 1, 2009, 10:23 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/11/01/when-is-bread-more-than-bread/',size:'small'}bread at Temple Bar Market A topic  smoldering in the back of my mind for...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 30, 2009, 3:54 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/10/30/special-ingredients-curry-leaves/',size:'small'} This post continues the Curry series I started with: Britain’s Na...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 20, 2009, 7:59 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/10/20/champagne-bubbles-in-mendocino-county/',size:'small'}redwoods in Medicino My husband and I celebrated our anniversary l...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 15, 2009, 12:18 pm
var fbShare = {url: 'http://oysterfoodandculture.com/2009/10/15/sweet-memories-good-times-and-something-to-share/',size:'small'} A few of my fellow bloggers have recognized my blog and...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 9, 2009, 8:04 am
its time to dress up! Halloween is fast approaching.  I know because I just spent a few days with my niece and I got the details on this much anticipated holiday from her costume (a garden fairy) to...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 3, 2009, 2:28 pm
Zhu Yuanzhang (image from history.cultural-china.com) Imagine you are Zhu Yuanzhang living in the 14th century, and are of the Han tribe of China.  You are tired of  living under an oppressive Mong...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Oct 1, 2009, 6:07 pm
Ennis pub I never appreciated the strong connection that the Irish had with Guinness, until my recent trip to Ireland, and saw the anticipation leading up to Arthur’s Day on September 24, 2009 ...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 28, 2009, 2:01 pm
Nicaraguan Beach - its all about the swell These past few years my hubby and I have gone our separate ways on vacation, not for any specific reason, just a divergence in what appealed to each of us. ...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 20, 2009, 2:00 pm
photo from nextag.com Altoids have been around forever, at least in candy years; more than 200 years now to be precise. Produced by Callard & Bower-Suchard in Great Britain, Altoids have a long and s...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 15, 2009, 8:47 am
I had read about Asafetida in Madhur Japher’s tome on Indian cooking and seen it referenced in many other Indian recipes and so confidently picked up a container so that my future Indian cooking...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 10, 2009, 6:28 pm
Shannon Airport photo from oldukphoto.com America or Ireland? Who rightfully claims the title as the inventor of Irish coffee? Some folks claim, that Irish coffee was invented in the US, San Franci...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 6, 2009, 10:31 pm
photo fron nydailynews.com I’m from Minnesota but did not hear of Norwegian or Swedish egg coffee until long after I left that fair state.  I was reminded of it again as I read, with interest,...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Sep 1, 2009, 4:33 pm
photo from will-you-look-at-thatblogspot.com For the longest time I though Salad Oliveh was just a Persian dish, and strongly resisted any suggestion to the contrary – those impostors!  I don&...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 27, 2009, 3:13 pm
goat cheese samples Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin called cheese “milk’s leap toward immortality” and I couldn’t agree more.  If cheese is something you like sandwiched betwe...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 19, 2009, 10:34 pm
photo by streeteditors.com A recent post on Hungarian paprika hinted at the possibilities of paprika’s use expands beyond the political confines of Hungary.  The bright red colour of ground ...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 15, 2009, 7:48 pm
evening time looking at the harbor When I was in Singapore, I had a few encounters that reminded me why I love to travel, finding instances that were not typical for me in the US.  One was finding a...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 12, 2009, 2:15 pm
Ask people what food typifies San Francisco, and you’re bound to get some different answers but I’m willing to lay down money that in the top 5, burritos make the cut.  If you have never ...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 8, 2009, 9:29 am
Mahlab was another one of those purchases I made because I was very intrigued yet knew nothing little about when I purchased a bag of this spice.  However, after my first experience with mahlab, I wa...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Aug 4, 2009, 10:21 am
Brick Lane Curry Houses (photo from hostel-bloggers.com) In British cuisine, the word curry started out as a generic term to describe what the British Army encountered a mixture of spices or spiced s...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Jul 29, 2009, 10:50 pm

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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Jul 25, 2009, 9:39 pm
photo from latienda.com For me, paprika and Hungary are the immediate paring that come to mind, followed closely by smoked paprika and Spain.  In this case, there is no talk about settling for secon...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Jul 21, 2009, 10:28 pm
Vietnamese fish sauce I’d been cooking with fish sauce for a while and knew well its potency and pungency, but until I broke a bottle and liberally doused myself and had to suffer through fo...
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LouAnn C. posted an article on Oyster Food and Culture - Jul 15, 2009, 6:35 pm
Princess worthy ride - carrousel in GG Park When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a doctor-astronaut-princess, oh and in my spare time I thought I could be a kickball playing-ballerina-chef.  Of...
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