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Happy 2020!

1 January, 2020 by Tara Leave a Comment

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Happy 2020! 2019 was another wonderful year of food and travel for Tara’s Multicultural Table. Total views for the year were 1,439,218 with an average of 3,925 per day- up from 1,117,071 in 2018! The countries with the most visitors were the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Philippines, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand, and India. Thank you all so much for your support and I am excited to see what new recipes 2020 brings.

Disclosure: I received the cookbooks in exchange for my honest reviews. All comments and opinions are my own. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you purchase something through the link, I may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you.

Collage photo of favorite recipes in 2019: cupcakes, Nutella taiyaki, gyoza, kartoffelmad, mustafarian lava rolls, Finnish macaroni casserole, red wine pasta, flødeboller, and miso carbonara udon.

Here are the most popular 2019 posts:

  • Garlic Butter Sauce for Pasta
  • Macarona Bechamel (Egyptian Baked Pasta)
  • Flødeboller (Danish Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Puffs)
  • Mustafarian Lava Roll
  • Nutella Taiyaki
  • Krumplileves (Hungarian Potato Soup)
  • Makaronilaatikko (Finnish Macaroni Casserole)
  • Miso Carbonara
  • Khabizgina (Ossetian Cheese and Potato Bread)
  • Alevropita (Greek Thin-Batter Feta Pie)

And here were the most viewed posts in 2019 (only 1 was actually from 2019):

  • Poffertjes (Dutch Mini Pancakes)
  • Mechadong Baka (Filipino Beef Mechado)
  • Fatayer bi Sabanekh (Lebanese Spinach Turnovers)
  • Blinchiki/Blini (Russian Crepes)
  • Garlic Butter Sauce for Pasta
  • Musaka (Serbian Potato Moussaka)
  • Rgaïf- Msemen (Moroccan Square Flat Bread)
  • Kefta Mkaouara (Moroccan Egg and Meatball Tagine)
  • Pannekoek (South African Crepes with Cinnamon Sugar)
  • Parmesan Garlic Grilled Corn

And my personal favorites of the year:

  • Miso Carbonara
  • Burrata Gnocchi
  • Nutella Taiyaki
  • Spaghetti All’Ubriaco (Drunken Spaghetti)
  • Kartoffelmad (Danish Potato Sandwich)
  • Blood Orange Chardonnay Cupcakes
  • Wagyu Beef Dumplings
  • Baked Cookies and Cream Doughnuts
  • Garlic Fried Chicken
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Overnights Oats

Favorite Cookbooks:

I started doing regular cookbook reviews in 2015 and have come across some incredible books over the past four years. Here are my ten favorites from 2019 (not necessarily released in 2019, but reviewed):

The Japanese Larder

Cookbook cover- The Japanese Larder: Bringing Japanese Ingredients into Your Everyday Cooking by Luiz Hara.

Food of the Italian South

Cookbook cover- Food of the Italian South: Recipes for Classic, Disappearing, and Lost Dishes by Katie Parla.

Cooking South of the Clouds

Cookbook cover- Cooking South of the Clouds: Recipes and Stories from China's Yunnan Province by Georgia Freedman, photographs by Josh Wand.

Pasta, Pretty Please

Cookbook cover- Pasta, Pretty Please: A Vibrant Approach to Handmade Noodles: 100+ Patterns, Shapes, Colors, and Fillings Made From Vegetables, Herbs, and Superfoods by Linda Miller Nicholson.

Ethiopia

Cookbook cover- Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Yohanis Gebreyesus with Jeff Koehler

Chinese Heritage Cooking from My American Kitchen

Cookbook cover- Chinese Heritage Cooking From My  American Kitchen by Shirley Chung: Chef and Owner of Ms Chi Cafe. Discover Authentic Flavors with Vibrant Modern Recipes.

Israeli Soul

Cookbook Cover- Easy, Essential Delicious Israeli Soul by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook: Authors of the James Beard Award-Winning Zahav.

Gyoza

Cookbook cover- Gyoza The Ultimate Dumpling Cookbook: 50 Recipes from Tokyo's Gyoza King by Paradise Yamamoto- Head Chef and Founder of Tokyo's Vine Garden Dining Club.

Gennaro’s Pasta Perfecto!

Cookbook cover- Gennaro's Pasta Perfecto! The Essential Collection of Fresh and Dried Pasta Dishes by Gennaro Contaldo.

The Real Japanese Izakaya Cookbook

Cookbook cover- The Real Japanese Izakaya Cookbook: 120 Classic Bar Bites from Japan by Wataru Yokota and Foreword by Makiko Itoh.

Here are some of my favorite kitchen products used this year:

We had such fun using this Taiyaki Pan to make Nutella Taiyaki

Four Nutella Taiyaki (Fish shaped pastries) on a wooden board with taiyaki pan in the background.

My heavy duty cast iron roasting pan has come in handy for a variety of dishes such as this Macarona Bechamel (Egyptian Baked Pasta).

Aerial view of Macarona Béchamel (Egyptian Baked Pasta) in a red pan.

I also came across this huge 15 inch round pan to make Alevropita (Greek Thin-Batter Feta Pie).

Alevropita (Greek Thin-Batter Feta Pie) in a large aluminum pan

My mini muffin tin somehow got misplaced during our move to California, so I replaced it with this 48-cup mini muffin pan just in time to make Gingerbread Cookie Cups.

Gingerbread Cookie Cups on a wooden board with a red/white/green striped towel in the background.

We also had the opportunity to visit some wonderful places:

California:

  • Buellton
  • Los Olivos
  • Solvang
  • Los Angeles: Little Tokyo
  • Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

Denmark:

  • Copenhagen: Experimentarium and Den Blå Planet
  • Copenhagen: Nyhavn, Christiansborg Slot, and Strøget
  • Copenhagen: Rosenborg, Torvehallerne, and Nationalmuseet
  • Copenhagen: Rundetårn, Amalienborg, and Langelinie
  • Copenhagen: Tivoli Gardens, Nørrebro, and Vesterbro

Happy 2020 Everyone!

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