Food and Drink of Assorted Types and Kinds

Food:

Hot and Sour Soup: One of my most prized recipes. Years ago, I sat down with a stack of ingredients, a stack of various recipes that claimed to make Hot and Sour Soup, and a weekend. This recipe is the result. The soup itself is sour and complexly flavored, with the heat (coming from peppercorns, not chile peppers) taking time to build. This recipe calls for a few exotic ingredients, they are crucial to the flavor. I make no promises as to what happens if you substitute...
Citrus Fusion Marinade: This is a general purpose Eurasian fusion marinade which works well with poultry and pork, and produces a rich and elegant sauce. As usual, it calls for some fairly exotic ingredients.
NeoVietnamese Ginger Chicken: This is a "NeoVietnamese" take on a traditional Vietnamese dish. And yes, as usual, it includes hard to find ingredients. Who knew you'd get ingredients at the pharamcy...
Chicken and Dried Fruit Curry: This is an original (and mild) curry, based on traditional Indian spices, and made with chicken, onions, and fruit. It calls for ingredients you will almost certainly only find in an Indian grocery store.
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup: My grandmother's recipe for Eastern European Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup.
Cranberry-Chipotle Roast of Lamb: An easy recipe for shoulder roast of lamb in a cranberry-chipotle sauce.

Drink:

This actually is the recipe for a sour mix; you could use other alcohols to create whatever sort of sour you want. It relies on only one exotic ingredient, the concentrated extract of the sour (and alkaline) Ume plum. This lets you get a nice sour drink without suffering from instant heartburn...

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Dave Weinstein
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