Showing posts with label reading notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading notes. Show all posts
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Reading Notes:How "typical" is Kewa Datsi?

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Frequently when Bhutanese live outside Bhutan are asked to cook a "typical" Bhutanese meal they will whip up Kewa Datsi- a stew-li...
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Reading Notes: Bhutanese Eating Etiquette

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From:  Tshering C Dorji and Rinchen Dorji (2005) "Living the Bhutanese Way"  DSB Publications, Thimphu Under the Driglam Choesu...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Reading Notes: Fishing in Haa

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From: " Memoirs of a Political Officer's Wife in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan" by Margaret D. Williamson, an account of her life ...
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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Reading Notes: Rumors of Poison

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From:  Bodt, Timotheus A ( 2012) " The New Lamp Clarifying the  History, Peoples, Language and Tradition of Eastern Bhutan and Eastern ...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Reading Notes: Food and Immigrants ( in the US)

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I enjoyed this recent article that I read on NPR's food blog The Salt about the volunteer work of women to make the feasts and meals th...
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Reading Notes: " Rice" a poem by Mary Oliver

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Rice By Mary Oliver It grew in the black mud. It grew under the tiger's orange paw. Its stems thicker than candles, and as straigh...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Reading Notes: the Cultural and Social Context of Alcohol in Bhutan

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From: Dorji, Lham ( 2012) " Alcohol Use and Abuse in Bhutan"  National Statistics Bureau, Thimphu  In traditional Bhutanese so...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Reading Notes: Archery and Feasting

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From : " The Clear Mirror of Archery in Bhutan" by Chang Dorji, Former People's Representative to the National Assembly of Bh...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Reading Notes: Other people's recipes

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I wanted to share to some recent-ish blog posts with recipes ( and great photos) of two Bhutanese dishes: Bathup ( homemade noodle soup) an...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Reading notes: "seasons by rice"

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There is something magical about staying in one place long enough to watch the seasons change, getting that chance to notice the gradual cha...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Reading notes: Beer in Switzerland

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I just wrote about beer from Southeast Asia when this interesting article on the beer industry in Switzerland popped up in Feedly.  For a b...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Reading Notes: The Matsutake Mushroom Festival

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My job keeps me tied down to Thimphu for large chunks of the year ( thought admittedly for now I get a lovely long winter break) so I am alw...
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Reading Notes: Asian Beers

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A former intern recently wrote to "blame" me for her fondness for South-east Asia. I encouraged her to apply for a scholarship to ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Reading notes: NPR 's dumpling week

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All week the NPR food blog, The Salt, has been sending out great dumpling stories, many of which include fabulous recipes that I don't ...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Reading Notes: Instant Noodles

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Summer holidays are behind me and I am back at work which means , once again, less time for original blog content. As if NPR food blog, The ...
Saturday, June 22, 2013

Reading Note: Picnicking

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As the weather warms up eating outdoors is such a treat ( except when it rains but that is another story). My family frequently eats outside...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Reading Notes: Portraits of grandmothers and their signature dish.

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So, the blog Jezebel had a lovely post recently about a photography book focused on grandmothers from 58 different countries posing wi...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Reading Notes : Six Basic Tastes of Tibetan Medicine

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From : " Tibetan Medical Dietary Book: Vol 1 Potency & Preparation of Vegetables" by Dr. Yangbum Gyal, Clinical Research Depar...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Reading Notes: Collections of Honey.

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In another life I worked for many years in a museum, backstage where all the artifacts were stored and cataloged and cared for. So understan...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Reading Notes: A week's worth of groceries

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I cannot stop looking at this amazing slide show on the Huffington Post shows families from around the world sitting next to a week's...
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