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Spanish Tortilla | Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Spanish Tortilla

Recipe inspired by “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand. All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand. He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers.” He…

Swedish Pancakes with Lingonberry Jam | Let's Taco Bout It Blog
Swedish Meatballs (Kjottboller) - Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Swedish Meatballs (Kjottboller)

Recipe inspired by the book “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “Way out at the end of a tiny little town was an old overgrown garden, and in the garden was an old house, and in the house lived Pippi Longstocking. She was nine years old, and she lived there all alone. “ “She had no…

Cardamom Buns (Kardemummabullar) - Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Cardamom Buns (Kardemummabullar)

Recipe inspired by the book “Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lingren “A few feet above the ground the oak divided into two branches and right there was a place just like a little room. Before long all three children were sitting there. Over their heads the oak spread out its crown like a great green roof….

South Indian Tiffin Sambar - Let's Taco Bout it Blog

South Indian Tiffin Sambar

Recipe inspired by “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel “There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and helpless.” These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy begging for a few paise, walk by children dressed…

Stuffed Eggplant | Let's Taco Bout It Blog

Stuffed Eggplant

Recipe inspired by “Wyrd Sisters” by Terry Pratchett “The words won’t be forgotten, thought Granny. They’ve got a power to them. They’re damn good words, as words go. There was yet another rattle of thunder, which ended with the kind of crash made, for example, by a sheet of tin escaping from someone’s hands and…

Lemon Garlic Lobster Tails

Lemon Garlic Lobster Tails

Recipe inspired by the book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald “A pair of stage ‘twins’—who turned out to be the girls in yellow—did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver…

Milk Poached Cod with Potatoes

Milk Poached Cod with Potatoes

Recipe inspired by the book “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood Excerpts from the book: “We got the fish at Loaves and Fishes, with its wooden sign, fish with a smile and eyelashes. It doesn’t sell loaves though. Most households bake their own, though you can get dried-up rolls and wizened doughnuts at Daily Bread,…