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Have you ever heard about Jerk chicken, it is Jamaican special dish  available in UK as well as America. Jamaica is a Caribbean Island only 100  km away from Cuba. It is also known for some of its finest Rums. But this small island country offers much more than jerk chicken. Jamaicans eat foods that are flavored with spices such as ginger, nutmeg, and allspice       (pimento). Allspice, the dried berries of the pimento plant, is native to Jamaica and an now an  important export crop. (This is different from pimiento, the red pepper used to stuff green olives.) Many meals are accompanied by  bammy  , which is a toasted bread-like wafer made from cassava (or yucca, pronounced YOO-kah). With the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea surrounding the island, seafood is plentiful in the Jamaican diet. Lobster, shrimp, and fish such as red snapper, tuna, mackerel, and jackfish are in abundance. "Jerking" is a native Jamaican method of spici...

Got an opportunity to see director Frieg's recently released  "Sky".  For those, who love 007 James Bond stuff, this “Spy,”is a hilarious spoof, which they will love. Shot in some most most beautiful sites of Budapest, Rome, Paris the movie is almost a predictable thriller. But the credit goes to  Hollywood’s reigning empress of ha-ha  Melissa McCarthy  has carried most of the film on her shoulders, she does not carry a license not just to kill the audience with laughter but also to slay us with her acting skills. And it’s a bust-a-gut thing of beauty to watch her give a wholly satisfying lead performance with a complete dramatic arc. Just observe how her eyes dramatically moisten in reaction to her top-notch co-stars in ways that would make Bette Davis  proud. That’s even if her lips are spewing a scathing string of inappropriate R-rated put downs. The film also reminds bit of  bollywood  as our very own New York born Nargis Fakhri (Rock...

                       Turkish food is amazing, it has lot in its store for die hard vegetarians. Turkish people enjoy good food as they are  blessed with varied climate which allows the country to get almost everything on its land. Turkey is one of those  few fortunate countries in the world that has been self sustaining, producing all its own food.  Turkish cuisines are  traditionally  not very spicy spicy, except in the southeast part of the country, where preparations can reflect a hot Middle Eastern (Arabic) food influence.In US you may find many Restaurants  serving Turkish food . Turish people love eggplants very much, they have atleast 40 variations of eggplants dishes.Next comes Lamb, which  was once the basic meat of the Turkish kitchen, but not anymore... because lamb is now very expensive meat .. Vegetarian or Zeytin Yağlı Dishes As I wrote earlier, Turkish people ...

Greek food is extremely popular in the United States. Plenty of  Greek American restaurants flourishes all across America.  In Greek restaurants and in the home, many of the traditional recipes have been adapted (and sometimes improved on) to suit cross cultural tastes. In Greece meals are great social occasions where friends and family come together and the quantity of food is often impressive. Olive oil is a key ingredient in Greek cooking and is used in quantity. Traditional herbs include parsley, mint, dill, oregano (especially the wild oregano  rigani  ), and garlic. You will find on most Greek tables olives, sliced cheese (such as feta,  kaseri,  and  kefalotiri  ), tomato, and lemon wedges, along with bread. Fish, chicken, lamb, beef, and vegetables are all found on the Greek menu and are prepared in a variety of ways. Soup, salad, and yogurt are served as side dishes. Sheets of dough called  phillo  are layered and filled with...

The Mexican food is very rich and diverse one.  Authentic Mexican food  has its origin in the Mayan Indians, who ruled Mexico more than 5000 years back. They were traditionally nomadic hunters and gatherers. Corn tortillas with bean paste were a common food item; but they also ate wild game, tropic fruits, and fish. In the mid 1300's, The Aztec Empire was thriving, and though the Mayan food staples were still in use, chili peppers, honey, salt and chocolate found its way into their cooking. Some of the wild game, such as turkey and duck, had now become domesticated. In 1521 Spain invaded Mexico. Spanish foods had the most influence on the Mexican cuisine. They introduced new livestock, such as sheep, pigs and cows. They brought with them dairy products, and garlic as well as many different herbs, wheat and spices. It was at this time that the Mexican people saw the assimilation of many other cuisines including Caribbean, South American, French, West African and Portugues...