Word: plantain
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...Galli Zugaro. Meanwhile in the kitchen, baby-faced Peruvian chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino - veteran of two Michelin-starred restaurants in Italy - sources many of his ingredients (from fat river escargots to Amazonian basil) directly from Iquitos' Belém market to create dishes such as bass ceviche with sweet plantain and hearts-of-palm souffl...
Villagewide Wi-Fi Life in four African villages was transformed after San Franciscans, Bob Marsh, Mark Summer and Kristin Peterson, installed a wi-fi system. "The farmers learned on the Internet how to prevent diseases, control pests and increase plantain production," says Summer to reach the village of Nyarukamba in western Uganda, visitors have to clamber up a thin, almost vertical dirt track. It's not the kind of place you would expect to find subsistence farmers surfing the Web with wi-fi computers or making voip (voice over Internet protocol) phone calls. But that's exactly what the village...
Life in four African villages was transformed after these San Franciscans installed a wi-fi system. "The farmers learned on the Internet how to prevent diseases, control pests and increase plantain production," says Summer
Akoan for Action Man: What kind of expensive military hardware took its form, according to the bearer's whim, from a cow's head, a rice bowl, a pair of rabbit ears, a water plantain, a whirlpool, a pumpkin, a canyon, or the cone-shaped head of the God of Longevity? The answer is kaware kabuto, which translates from the Japanese as "conspicuous helmets." These were the singular headgear worn into battle, or during the formal maneuvers preceding it, by Japanese clan leaders, before the accurate, quick-firing arms of the 19th century rendered the helmets, their wearers...
...Poisson Gotcel ($8.50) piqued my interest in Haitian cuisine: I was greeted with an entire red snapper—head and tail intact—doused in the signature red sauce with onions and green peppers. A gracious serving of red beans, rice and two thick, crisp, fried plantains accompanied the meal. The fish was cooked to a tender perfection, while the sauce, mild yet zesty, complemented the meat wonderfully. The fried plantains, infinitely more textured than the thin, supermarket, potato-chip variety, boasted alternating layers of crispiness, saltiness and tender plantain. I vowed to return to sample the goat...