September 5th brings a delicious crossroads of global comfort foods — Cheese Pizza Day and World Samosa Day! While pizza is often seen as a uniquely Italian food icon, its roots trace back to Middle Eastern and North African flatbreads like pita — oft topped with a variety of animal or plant-based proteins a la grilled meats, fresh cheeses or satisfying spreads dressed with aromatic herbs — Centuries before tomatoes made their way from Mesoamerica to that boot shaped land mass in middle of the Mediterranean Sea and eventually married mozzarella (basil , etc.) on a circular or square shaped savory 'pie' there and here. Likewise, samosas — with their spiced potato and pea or diced meat fillings tucked into golden pastry — have long been beloved as handheld street foods throughout South Asia and beyond. Both pizza and samosas remind us how portable, people-powered food traditions evolve, migrate and traverse the world and to help keep us deliciously nourished whether you’re eating on the go or taking time out to include either as part of a main meal….
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Heather Johnston of Good Wine is one of THE best curators of amazing tasting wines from all over the world, the above collage showcases just a few of the best Chiantis i ever had thanks to her wine-buying expertise…
Sept 5th is also: National Chianti Day 🍷🇮🇹: Not only one of my FAVE styles of red wine (made predominantly from the Italian Sangiovese grape) that didn’t originally get the respect it deserved when it came onto the American scene back in the 70’s … but no surprise, it also goes reeeeaaaally well with CHEESE PIZZA! 👆🏾 …👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The Food Bank mug I left at OSH once upon a time…
• Today’s also World Food Bank Day… if people in power in the world were more fair and equitable, less wasteful and punitive perhaps there wouldn’t have to be food banks. Thank God nonetheless that they exist and for the people past and present who came up with them as solutions for hunger and malnutrition..
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