Around the World in the Hetzel Kitchen

Location : Southeast Asia, between Bangladesh and Thailand Area : Over 675,000 sq km; 40th largest in the world          Slightly smaller than Texas Population : Almost 54 million; 24th most in the world Capital: Rangoon People living with HIV/AIDS : 240,000; 25th most in the world Name : Military authorities in Burma promote the name Myanmar instead Diplomacy : The US and Burma do not have ambassadors to each other Per capita income : $1400; 203/228 in the world Source:  CIA Factbook When I  e-mail the embassies, I have no idea what will come back.  It is often an "address not found" or "mailbox full," but usually just nothing.  So I was pleasantly surprised when I received this from Burma (I have edited only some of the spacing) : Dear Mr, Danielle, Thank you for interesting our Myanmar food recipes. We have four or five Myanmar restaurants around Washington DC. Here are the list and address – Even though the...

Bah.  I need to catch up with all of these.  Hopefully my new fancy blog will help with that.  Right now, it feels like more work for me to do the posts than the actual cooking.  Now that I've started my job, we'll see how long it stays like that.  Anyway, on to the good stuff. Argentina Size : 2.8 million square miles - 8th biggest in the world, which is still slightly less than 3/10ths the size of the US Elevation : Ranges from -105 m to over 6000 m Population : Over 41 million - 32nd in the world Net migration rate : 0 migrants/1000 population Description : They are technically Argentines, not Argentinians. Cuisine : Heavy influence from multiple European nations that separates it from some of it's South American neighbors.  Very large meat production industry, especially beef. This is a very special entry this time.  First, it is the first post on the new blog.  Let's see if I keep it up...so far it hasn't really been more f...