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A few days after the kofta pizza , it was time for our second Afghan pizza! I used the same recipe page from Afghan Culture Unveiled , this ...

At the end of the last post , I mentioned rounding out our exploration of Afghan cuisine and moving on to Alabama, so it would be logical if...

I had put together an entire list of recipes I wanted to try to make for the Afghanistan portion of AtWCC, but there was one conspicuous abs...

I don't remember how I got there, but in looking at Afghan recipes, I ended up on one for naan on My Ginger Garlic Kitchen . I had alrea...

In our year in review for last year , I mentioned that we've done a lot of hoppin' John and collard greens for New Year's Day, b...

The last component of our Afghan dinner, accompanying the chapli kebab and the naan and tomatoes, was qorma-e-sabzi, a slow-cooked, stewed...

Most of this post was written in July 2020. I've chosen to leave most of the text the same and just add some updates. Reading through my...

Quick blurbs on the middle part of the challenge, many of which feel so long ago. Besides challenges already posted (at least there were a f...

The week 6 theme, medieval, was also a repeat (this time, 2016 ), and it was just as challenging this time around. I researched recipes agai...

Happy new year! I've already cooked week 3 for the 2023  challenge, so I really need to catch up and post these single-digit challenge w...

2022 was another year that flew by. The weeks just seemed to pass at a quicker rate than ever before, and we definitely did not keep this bl...

Making our way back to the beginning of the challenge before next year's challenge starts, here's a group post from the first third....