Upcoming…

We know, we’ve been bad alphabetical eaters lately. We have lots of excuses: work, travel, Mongol Rally planning… But we can, we must, do better. And we will! A post about our quest to find food from the tiny island nation of Comoros is forthcoming, and we believe we have found a restaurant that serves food from the Congo. So stay tuned, more exciting food from countries beginning with the letter C await!

In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that we’ve been invited to speak on April 5, 2011 at the Adult Education Useless Lecture Series at Union Hall in Park Slope. The theme of the evening is “Cuisines of the World.” Hope you can join us for some beer, powerpoint, and lots of talk about our favorite topic!

And to tide you over, here are a few shots of things I ate on a trip to Vilnius, Lithuania last week.  Enjoy!

Beetroot soup, with obligatory sour cream.

Mystery meat!  I was told this is called šaltiena, and is made from gelatin and various meat parts.  I decided not to take the conversation any further.

Lithuanian garlic bread.  Fried bread stick with melted cheese on top.  A favorite.

Lithuanian potato-meat dumplings, cepelinai, with bacon cream sauce. This is essentially the national dish.  Heavy, but delicious.

This was a really nice touch at an Italian place we went to: basil and thyme plants right on the table for you to season your food with.  Brilliant!

More soup!  More sour cream!

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