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Category Archives: Postcards from Veggiestan
Veggiestan’s Greatest Hits #17: Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan. What do you know about Turkmenistan? Well, we can tell you that it’s quite rich, very flat, and is famous for its melons. It is also home to this pretty lady, Myahri. The ditty sounds as if a nineties … Continue reading
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Tagged Dance Right Now, Myahri, Turkmenistan, Veggiestan's greatest hits
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Veggiestan Event News Flash
Nearly forgot to tell you…. We’re having another pop-up Veggiestan event, this time at No.67, the lovely cafe next to the South London Gallery. Expect you’d like to see the menu, no? We will start with warm bread, cheese and … Continue reading
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Tagged No.67, pop-up Veggiestan, the South London Gallery
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A Peck of Pretty Peppers…
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pretty Peppers. Actually, no, I did on this occasion. Snapped this on a cheap package beano to Icmeler in Southern-ish Turkey a year or so ago. Peppers are sooo good for you. All peppers: … Continue reading
Posted in Postcards from Veggiestan, Recipes
Tagged feta, Icmeler, meze, stuffed peppers, Turkey
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Veggiestan’s Greatest Hits #16: Afghanistan
Like any other nation, Afghanistan is about a whole lot more than you read in the papers. Traditional music features a fast and frenetic beat and is infectiously cheerful. But we couldn’t resist bringing you this little rap number. Boy-oh-boy … Continue reading
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Photo of the Week: Vending Veggiestan
The patience of the vegetable vendor. As a shopkeeper, I empathise. This iconic shot was taken in Cairo Bazaar by Ed Yourdon. Do send us any Veggiestan related shots that you’d like to share, whether it’s travel or food related….
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Tagged bazaar, Cairo, photo of the week, street seller, vegetable vendor, vending Veggiestan
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Welcome to Vegg-E-stan!
Yup – you can now download Veggiestan on to your Kindle, iPad or other new-fangled thingummybob. Being an old fashioned (quorn) sausage, I am yet to be persuaded of the virtues of digital cooking, but I can see that it … Continue reading
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Tagged e-book, ebook, facebook, Kindle, Twitter, Vegg-E-stan
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Photo of the Week: Veggiestan, Pickled
‘Tis the time of year to be pickling and preserving stuff. So I bring you this array of posh and piquant Persian pickled veg by way of inspiration. Found this cracking shot in Adam Jones, Ph.D. – Global Photo Archive’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Persian pickles, photo of the day, pickles
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Veggiestan’s Greatest Hits #15: Egypt
And so to Egypt on our musical tour of Veggiestan. Which can only mean one thing: a bit of belly dancing 🙂 Don’t know much about this crew except that the beat and the slapstick video are all infectiously charming. … Continue reading
The Veggiestani Pantry #2: Grape Pekmez (Fruit Paste)
Part of an occasional series helping you to use up those whacky Middle Eastern ingredients with which you seem to have filled your pantry… We all do it: we buy an ingredient for the purposes of making one must-do, enticing … Continue reading
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Tagged dolmeh, grape paste, mulled sangria, pekmez, Veggiestani pantry
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