Around the World in the Hetzel Kitchen

For India the Third we mix things up a bit. This is a Northern India recipe that comes to me via my former boss in Virginia. She's actually from Pittsburgh, but we will still take her word on authentic Indian cuisine. :-) We may have gotten a little excited about Christmas and I have relatively few pictures of just Joey... Not only that, but we were in Colorado! Nothing better than trying out a new curry recipe on the in-laws, right? Kevin prepped by sharpening some knives. First note: make sure you actually use a Dutch oven, or something that is intended to go on the stove top, not actually in the oven. It is very important. Anyway! Cumin seeds and cinnamon sticks? Not the way I'm used to starting a heavily-spiced dish, so let's try it! And of course onions. Always onions. I read in one of the comments to mix the chicken and yogurt and some spices ahead of time to enhance the flavor, but I can't find it for the life of me now. That's what I did ...

Flag courtesy of Wikipedia Location : Central Europe, between the Netherlands and Poland Area : Over 350,000 sq km; 63rd biggest in the world          Slightly smaller than Montana Population : Almost 81,000,000; 18th largest in the world           Second largest in Europe after Russia Capital : Berlin Economy : Based on GDP per capita the 5th biggest in the world and the biggest in Europe Source: CIA World Factbook Next up in fast-forwarding through Danielle's life is...Germany!  And not only Germany, but Germany in Colorado at Christmas. Why such time travel?  Sickness, tiredness, general lack of time.  What does that sound like?  Yep, that's right, time to have another baby!  And this time, although we didn't know it when I cooked this food, there were twins.  Turns out that makes things a lot more interesting.  There were a lot of foods I had aversions to, and just making a shoppin...

History : Formerly a part of the USSR.  Retained closer ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet states did. Location : East of Poland Area : Over 200,000 sq km, 85th in the world           Slightly smaller than Kansas Coast : None, landlocked Environment : Southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from Chernobyl Population : Over 9.5 million; 88th in the world Capital : Minsk Fertility rate : 1.26 children/woman; 215/224 in the world Cuisine : Very similar to Poland and Lithuania, Belarusians were called "potato-eaters" in the Soviet Union because of their prevalence Leader : Their president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has been called the last dictator in Europe.  As I was researching recipes for them, there was an article in the Washington Post where they interviewed him.  He sounds absolutely crazy. It wasn't hard finding, at a high-level, what I wanted to make for Belarus.  Everywhere I lo...