Spring is getting closer every day! Captain Create has traveled to New Jersey to learn about a childhood favorite food of Korean Chef Judy Joo: the scallion pancake known as pajeon. When people think of spring, they usually thing of spring rain, which brings all the green things back to life after a cold winter.… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Spring in South Korea
Captain Create is back in Europe! This time she is in Czechia, in the capitol city of Prague. Like many countries in Europe, prehistoric humans lived here as long ago as the Paleolithic era, and many different tribes, dynasties, emperors, kings, and governments have fought over and ruled this land. Currently, Czechia is a parliamentary… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Prague, Czechia
Yes, Moldova is a real place! It isa small country in eastern Europe next to Ukraine and Romania, between the Prut and Dniester rivers, and almost reaches the Black Sea. Captain Create is here to try a dish called Mamaliga, play a bit of football or rugby, and to check out the historical architecture of the area. The… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Chișinău, Moldova
Captain Create is on the move again and this time she is in the islands (where there is no snow!) checking out all the tropical fruit and interesting foods they have to offer. Indonesia is a large group of islands located just south of the Philippines, and Captain Create has stopped off in the biggest… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Jakarta, Indonesia
Captain Create is on an island in the South Pacific while we are all in Utah in the snow... She's gone to Okinawa, Japan today! While Okinawa is the smallest and least populated of the five islands of Japan1, it has a lot of cool stuff going for it, including being the birthplace of Karate,… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Okinawa, Japan
Captain Create is on the east coast of the USA, in Philadelphia, for National Pepper Pot Day! While here to learn about stew, there are many other things to see in the city known as the Birthplace of the United States. Some researchers have dedicated their lives to studying the history of "Philly" and the… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Captain Create is hitting the history books this week to learn about a cold weather favorite: HOT CHOCOLATE! Historians agree that the Maya, and later the Aztec, were the first groups of people to use chocolate in a drink, although their xocōlātl [Aztec word: xococ (bitter) and atl (water)]1 was very different from the hot… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Aztec Empire // Hot Chocolate
Captain Create has gone to the mountains this week, as well as visiting a pretty city along the Danube river; She is in Austria, and getting a very famous lunch in Vienna! Austria has lots of mountains, and the Alps make up almost 3/4 of the country in the western portion. The Alps are steep… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Vienna, Austria
Welcome to the northernmost country on the African continent: Tunisia! It is directly south of Italy, across the Mediterranean Sea, and is in between Algeria and Libya. People have lived here for a really really long time; since about the 10th century BC, but much of the information on the city then is only written… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Tunisia
Haiti is a small island country in the Caribbean, and has its own unique cuisine that has been influenced by the island's wide variety of people who moved to, or were forcibly brought, to the island over the course of the last 500 or so years. This island used to be called Hispaniola, and it… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Welcome to Zimbabwe, in the southern part of the African continent! The capitol city, where Captain Create is visiting, is called Harare, and is home to many people, including professors, researchers, accountants, restaurant cooks, and bus drivers (just like we have here in Utah). These folks have to get up and attend school or work… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Harare, Zimbabwe
Pasta has been around for so long that nobody really knows when it started; its been recorded in history as far back as the Ancient Greek diets, as well as recorded in China for centuries before that. It can be made with any number of starchy plants like flour, rice, barley, and buckwheat. Italians make… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Making pasta in Italy
It is National Noodle Month and National Nutrition Month and celebrating both of these means Captain Create is floating his balloon around the world looking for healthy and tasty noodles to share with you! Today he is exploring Chinese Noodles, which were first recorded in their history during the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was approximately… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Chinese Noodles // Veggie Chow Mein
Captain Create is learning about a truly American food this week in the state where they were first recorded to be grown for market. He's in Massachusetts learning about the cranberry! The Algonquin, Chippewa, and Cree people gathered wild cranberries where they could find them in what is now Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wisconsin,… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Massachusetts’ Cranberry Bogs
Today in India it is the first day of Diwali, a five day festival to celebrate the "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance". This festival is celebrated and is known worldwide as one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and some Buddhists. The first day of the festival, celebrants prepare by… Continue reading Around the World in 80 Plates: Celebrate Diwali
