Afghan Culture Unveiled

Survival of The Vegetarian in Afghanistan

2012-02-15T10:21:00-08:00

By Humaira, Eva is on the board of Afghan Friends Network the non-profit I started. She has become a dear friend over the short period we have known each other. Eva exudes positive energy, relentless charm and uncoditional love for everyone she meets. I am not surprised that every Afghan she met fell in love with her. This is true public diplomacy at work, now we just need 100 Evas to "win the hearts & minds of Afghan". Eva, and friends in Ghazni, Afghanistan By guest blogger: Eva Vander Giessen Last September, when San Francisco was finally warming up and...

Afghan Beef and Bean Soup, Shorwa e Ghosht

2012-02-08T11:00:00-08:00

By Humaira One cannot claim to be an Afghan cook without a pressure cooker amongst your kitchenware. Jeja (my mom) is a big fan of hers. It’s understandable since so many Afghan recipes require slow cooking to bring out the best flavors. The pressure cooker is a great way to speed up the process. I have to admit a deep-seated fear of pressure cookers that goes back to my childhood during which I would overhear Jeja and her sisters sharing stories of pressure cookers exploding when people tried to open them too soon. This was a regular topic of conversation...

Good Food and Good Byes

2012-02-07T10:10:00-08:00

by Katie A few weeks back, Humaira talked about how she and I are parting ways, at least as far as this blog is concerned. Having been drawn into my own work on Mom's Kitchen Handbook, along with writing a cookbook, I stepped back from things here some months ago. It makes beautiful sense to me that Afghan Cooking Unveiled morph into something broader, with Humaira fully at the helm. I'm excited to watch it all evolve. It's funny... even though I haven't been writing or developing Afghan recipes for many months, I still find myself craving the food. My...