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Category Archive for 'coconut'

Own-o Kow-swear (Burmese Wedding Stew): Ensuring Burmese Nuptial Bliss for Generations

Posted in Burmese, chicken, chicken stock, coconut, culture, flour, Garlic, ginger, history, lemon, noodles, onions, shallots, spices, tradition on Apr 15th, 2010

There is so little information available about Burma (or Myanmar, depending on how you rock it) that after the inevitable Wikipedia entry, the CIA World Factbook is the second item that appears in Google’s search results. This anonymity is largely due to the military dictatorship that has kept the country under lock and key for [...]

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At the Desk Gourmet pt.2: Coconut-Chili Shrimp with Roasted Vegetable Rice

Posted in cheap meal, cilantro, coconut, easy, quick meal, Recipe, Recipes, rice, shrimp, spicy, summer, vegetables on Aug 15th, 2007

My office is laid out in such a way that my desk faces a wall and the only window in the room is small, high-up and 10 yards behind me as I face my computer. This is hardly a feng-shui arrangement of light and furniture, and given that my monitor faces the interior of the [...]

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