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Fragrant Guava, Banana, and Coconut Clafoutis Recipe
Try this elegant clafoutis recipe that takes advantage of wonderful tropical fruits and coconut milk in an aromatic, fragrant, and beautiful dish.
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Colorful Matcha Kolache with Guava Filling Recipe
For a dramatically different form of the wonderful Czech pastry, the kolache, try these matcha kolache with a delightful guava jam topping. A sure hit and great to share with friends and family!
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Creamy Matcha Pots-de-Crème with Jackfruit and Strawberry Recipe
This delicious tropical pot de creme recipe is sure to be a hit at any dinner, with great and vibrant flavors from strawberry and jackfruit in an elegant and almost haunting matcha body.
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Vietnamese-inspired poulet basquaise recipe
Combining together a great traditional French (and basque) recipe with delicious Vietnamese flavors, this version of poulet basquaise makes for a tasty twist on the old classic.
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Vietnamese-Style Chicken Kiev Recipe
A fascinating take on the traditional chicken Kiev recipe, one that takes advantage of garlic confit, Thai basil, Vietnamese sauces, and seasonings to produce a combination of fresh and salty flavors.
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Pineapple, Strawberry, and Coffee Clafoutis Recipe
Clafoutis is one of France's greatest treasures. This takes advantage of coffee, pineapple, and strawberry for a very bright and energetic take on the traditional recipe!
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Vietnamese Thai Basil Garlic Confit Infused Egg-Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
If you're hoping for a delectable stuffed tomato recipe that combines together the heartiness of eggs with the wonders of garlic confit, but with a nice Vietnamese twist, I recommend this egg-stuffed tomato recipe!
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Strawberry Ginger Panna Cotta Recipe
This vibrant panna cotta recipe includes fruity strawberry and the wonderful energetic notes of ginger, along with darker flavors of cinnamon. A beautiful and elegant dessert!
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101 Great Vietnamese Idioms
By no means exhaustive, this is a list of a number of some of Vietnamese's greatest idioms, ranging with meanings from the futility of tying an elephant to a string, to climbing trees to avoid a social obligation.
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Fragrant and Zesty Tofu Skin Potpourri Salad Recipe
Try this tasty Vietnamese version of a pasta salad, incorporating a wonderful range of sweet, acidic, and fresh flavors in a filling, versatile, and beautiful dish, ranging from golden tofu skin to bright red tomatoes and green herbs.
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A Vibrant and Original Soursop and Strawberry Matcha Clafoutis Recipe
A delicious combination of fruits makes for a vibrant clafoutis that combines sweetness, tartness, and illusive mysterious notes of matcha in a deeply satisfying and elegant dessert.
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A Delicious Tropical Banana and Coconut Panna Conna Recipe
Taking advantage of the wonderful vibrancy of tropical fruits, this recipe makes for sweet
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Tropical Clafoutis with Mountain Apple and Guava - A Delicious Recipe!
If you have some tropical fruits on hand, here's a chance to put them to use in a delicious and zesty variant of the traditional French clafoutis!
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How to Make Persimmon, Cinnamon, and Ginger Crême Brulées - An Original Recipe
If you have persimmons, try this recipe for using them with cinnamon and gingery for a seductive and wonderfully flavorful combination of heady spices!
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How to Make Rosemary Persimmon Biscotti – A Unique and Delicious Recipe
These biscotti are elegant and pretty and take full advantage of the luxurious flavors of persimmon and rosemary to make a wonderful, exotic, variation of traditional biscotti. Very fresh and with great herbal tastes!
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Rosemary Persimmon Beignets Recipe
Rosemary isn't that popular of a dessert flavoring, but I think you're really missing out on a great herb! Combined with the wondrous persimmon it makes for a delicate and complex flavor, one
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Tofu Skin, Mushroom and Onion-Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe
These stuffed bell peppers use tofu skin and enoki mushrooms to complement onion in making a great, nicely sweet, and healthy centerpiece to a beautiful meal with the gorgeous red bell peppers hosts to wondrously tasty stuffing.
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Custard Apple and Watermelon Panna Cotta Recipe
This simple and easy panna cotta recipe is wondrously smooth and velvety, and with the addition of some watermelon gives a great contrast between custard apple and the vibrant fruit, alabaster and vermillion.
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Orange Marmalade and Blackberry Clafoutis Recipe
If you've ever had clafoutis, you'll know that you can't go wrong with delicious zesty orange marmelade combined with vibrant blackberries, all with the deep richness of some chocolate garnish.
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Eggplant and Garlic Confit Caviar Lasagna Recipe
A thoroughly delicious and very pretty radical modification of a lasagna, including garlic confit, ricotta, and a wondrous eggplant caviar recipe incorporating rich flavors from a heady puree of vegetables.
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Reading More: 8 Ways to Delve Deeper into Books
Some of my thoughts about how to encourage yourself to read more.
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Cinnamon-Ginger Meat Pie Recipe
These delicious meat pies take a page out of Middle Eastern recipes and use lots of cinnamon combined with ginger to make a refreshing and brilliant flavor. They're wonderfully filling and tasty.
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White Chocolate Blackberry Clafoutis Recipe
A rich clafoutis that combined elegance and the wonders of white chocolate with refreshing and sharp notes from blackberries. Highly recommended!
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Chicken Ginger-Lemongrass Soup Recipe
This delicious soup uses coconut water and a hefty amount of ginger and lemongrass to make an extremely vibrant and rich flavor, zesty, alive, fresh, a great and refreshing recipe.
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Garlic Confit Chicken with Rosemary Pesto Recipe
A delicious, wonderfully vibrant flavor that has some very smooth notes from garlic confit, combined with the sophistication of rosemary and pleasant charred notes from grilling.
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Oregano Pecan Basil with Sweet Potato Millet Pasta Recipe
A pretty dish with some fascinating salty, nutty, and green flavors, this pasta dish makes for a very different but tantalizing feast.
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Delightfully Soft Garlic Confit Oil Infused Pesto Rolls Recipe
With wonderfully soft and fluffy bread, warm, and gloriously resplendent in the flavor of rosemary, olive oil, and garlic, these rolls play host to a great mixture of pesto, parmesan, and walnuts and are a very satisfying meal.
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Peanut Butter Honey Stir-Fry Pork With Pickled Garlic Recipe
Vibrant peanut butter and honey marinated pork with fresh cilantro and vegetables make for a sweet, spicy, and rich stir-fry.
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Orange-Perfumed Tahini Rolls with Pine Nuts Recipe
Beautiful, elegant, and wonderful flavors of tahini, orange, and pine nuts, these rolls are very agreeable to both look upon and eat, comforting and haunting in their tahini filling.
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Aromatic Beef and Lentil Stew with Quince and Mint Recipe
A wonderful combination of savory, spicy, and sweet flavors, this stew truly brings out the flavor of the beef and combines it with wondrously refreshing grated cucumber and yogurt for a filling, hearty, and lovely beef stew.
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Garlic Confit Barley Salad Recipe
A great summer dish with a soothing collection of vegetables, infused with the wonders of garlic confit oil and herbes de provence.
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Russian hambugers à l’orange Recipe
Soft, delectable, and with a delicious mixture of herbs and orange, these hamburgers make for an interesting twist on the traditional solid beef patty.
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Sauteed Breaded Eggplant and Polenta with Paprika and Cumin Stir-fry Recipe
Wonderfully vibrant and rich flavors make up this complete meal which stars the nice meaty texture and versatility of eggplant along with a host of heady spices.
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Peanut Butter, Banana, and Apple Clafoutis Recipe
A very elegant and nice clafoutis recipe that has some unique and delicate flavors, with rich peanut butter, sweet bananas, and refreshing apples.
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When did Russia Peak? The Highpoint of Russian Power in Historical Perspective
Russia has gone through so many rises and falls over the past few centuries that trying to peak out what counts as its "peak" is an interesting exercise in of its own right.
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Lemon and Herbs Russian-style Chicken Burger
With delicious herbal flavors, nice touches of lemon, and a luscious texture, these are head and shoulders above the normal chicken burgers!
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Chicken au Peanut Butter Poivre Recipe
A delicious chicken recipe, using the traditional steak au poivre format but with chicken and some great, deep and dark peanut butter flavors.
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Mozzarella-Stuffed Falafels in Cabbage Leaves Recipe
A superb, light, tasty, and pretty meal, this is a great summer meal with its cabbage, tomatoes, falafel, and mozzarella.
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Russian Shchi Cabbage Soup with Lamb and Kefir Recipe
A warm, comforting, and hearty soup, this take on the traditional Russian shchi cabbage soup adds in some pleasant acidic flavors with its peppers and kefir, as well as the wholesomeness of lamb.
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Sourdough Kolache with Lemon and Cherries Recipe
Try a different, tarter version of kolaches with delicious combinations of cherry and lemon flavors! A great dessert pastry or good as a sweet breakfast snack.
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Peanut Butter Datsch Cake with Red Bean Paste Recipe
Off hand, the combination of peanut butter and red bean paste isn't something you've ever heard of. Which means you're missing out, since this wonderful cake has all the bonuses of a chocolate cake with a wonderful fusion of flavors and great moist consistency!
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Stuffed Bell Peppers With Polenta and Feta Recipe
These beautiful and tasty stuffed bell peppers with polenta and feta cheese are sure to be a hit!
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Polenta, fried-rice style, with vegetables and steak recipe
Interested in a new form of the classic fried rice? Why not try out polenta instead! Brimming with vibrant flavors and hearty, this fried polenta recipe is a delicious and zesty dish.
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Baked Chicken with Gnocchi and Vegetables and Perfumed by Herbes de Provence Recipe
This delicious baked chicken recipe is not only beautiful and has some simple, powerful flavors that make you think of Provence, but is wonderfully easy to make and deeply satisfying and filling.
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Garlic-infused Leek, Eggplant, Mushroom, and Potato Baked Vegetable Medley Recipe
This delicious vegetable medley is not only simple to make but has some wonderfully rich flavors that positively brim with garlic and herbs.
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France's Best World War Propaganda Posters
France had some brilliant WW1 and WW2 propaganda posters, with lots of bright colors, excellent designs, and passion. This is a collection of my favorites.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 4
A chapter covering the European colonial companies' beginning in India, as well as the conquest of much of the continent by the Mughal Empire
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Herb-Enriched Lamb Baked on Polenta Patties Recipe
The strong flavors of lamb complement polenta's naturally soothing notes in this easy-to-make recipe.
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Orange Chocolate Coffee Clafoutis With Cherries Recipe
Clafoutis with orange, chocolate, coffee, and a healthy addition of cherries.
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Banana Sauce Barbecued Pork with Pineapple and Cilantro Recipe
A delicious and beautiful dish with strong and vibrant, wild flavors, that perfectly marry and accentuate the pork with a balanced mixture of ingredients.
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Rye Tartlets with Pumpkin Recipe
These delightful pumpkin tartlets have a wonderfully fragrant pumpkin flavor from a host of different ingredients, in pretty little rye pastry tarts. Excellent with onion and sour cream!
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Sweet Crème Fraîche Berry, Brie, and Walnuts Pie Recipe
If you want a unique and interesting sweet pie, try this one which is halfway in between a sweet and a savory pie, an excellent breakfast food or light dessert with brie, walnuts, and a host of berries and fruits.
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My Russian Learning Journey: Advice and Resources
Russian is my second foreign language, and the first one that is "difficult" for an English speaker. Learning it has made me reflect on what I did right, what I did wrong, and how I could have done better.
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Pumpkin Thumbprint Cookies With Red Bean Paste Recipe
Wonderfully soft pumpkin cookies with a delectable red bean paste center provide for both a great contrast and a perfect alliance of flavors.
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Polenta À La Basquaise With Peppers, Tomatoes, and Egg: A Light and Refreshing Casserole Recipe
Wonderfully light, elegant, and with a rich diversity of flavors, this take on the traditional poulet basquaise produces a very nice vegetarian, and possibly even vegan meal.
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French Pork au Poivre with Quince and Raspberry Recipe
Pork au poivre is cheap, beautiful, wonderfully tender, and has a delicious and very deep flavor - only made better in this version with quince and raspberry that wonderfully pairs with the pork tenderloin.
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Quince, Cranberry, Cardamom, and Walnuts Clafoutis Recipe
This clafoutis with quince, cranberry, cardamon, and walnuts is a quick and easy dessert that also happens to be beautiful and elegant.
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Delicate Herb-Infused Polenta Meatloaf Recipe
If you want a wonderfully delicate, flavor-full meatloaf that is positively perfumed with fresh herbs and vegetables, try this delicious recipe.
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30 Books to read about French Colonial History
France's massive colonial empire, for better or worse, left a measurable impact upon the world. This is a collection of some of the better books treating French colonialism to help understand it.
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Picturesque Savory Polenta and Chèvre Sandwiches with Asparagus and Tomatoes Recipe
Not only is this recipe beautiful with the interplay of green, gold, and red, but it is refreshing, deeply flavored, and easy to make for either a great dinner for two or a good sidedish for a larger dinner party.
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Garlic Confit Pelmeni with Kale Recipe
Mixing together the smooth and pungent richness of long-cooked garlic with sturdy pelmenis and crispy kale, this pelmeni recipe is a great variation of the traditional Eastern Slavic recipe.
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Lemon Kefir Chicken Kiev Recipe
Try this variation of chicken Kiev with energizing lemon kefir.
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Lemon, Raspberry, and Chocolate Clafoutis Recipe
With all of the elegant chic and panache of a traditional clafoutis, this version takes advantage of the magnificent fusion of lemon, raspberry, and chocolate for a refreshing and delectable fruit-chocolate pie.
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Honey Mustard Pork and Asparagus Pie Recipe
Savory pork, vibrant honey mustard, earthy asparagus, and a comforting crust combine in this deliciously satisfying pie.
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Sun-Dried Tomato Polenta With Eggplant, Basil & Garlic Recipe
Creamy, savory sun-dried tomato polenta pie with eggplant, basil, and garlic.
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Lapsang Souchong Ice Cream with Caramel and Chocolate Recipe
With a smooth and rich texture that plays host to a decadent and rich ice cream, of superb dark and smoky flavors that are allied with the sweet light of the dairy, this Lapsang Souchong ice cream is a perfect dessert dish.
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Teriyaki Beef, Mushroom, and Asparagus Pie with Chèvre Recipe
If you want a hearty, warm, and comforting savory meat pie positively bursting with flavor, try these versions of Ossetian pies with teriyaki-flavored beef, mushrooms, and asparagus, in a wonderfully filling crust.
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Slow Cooked Teriyaki Beef Chuck Roast with Cabbage and Mushrooms Recipe
Incredibly flavorful with a holistic collection of flavors and ingredients, paired around wonderfully tender beef and with hearty mushrooms and vibrant cabbage: one of my favorite slow-cooker recipes!
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Civilization III: How to Play as Rome in Fall of Rome on Sid Difficulty
If you still play the by-now thoroughly ancient game of Civilization III, you can delight in one of any history buff's childhood fantasy - saving Rome from its fall. Here's a guide to how to go about doing it.
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Pierogi with Sautéed Bell Peppers in a Kefir Sauce Recipe
If you want an original way to use your pierogis, trying combing them with bell peppers and loads of paprika and spices, and dousing them in kefir for that extra nice bit of richness!
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Red Bean Paste Clafoutis With Pears and Cherries Recipe
Try a new take on the traditional French clafoutis dessert with red bean paste, pears, and cherries.
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The Top Books on Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali
With figures as controversial as Tipu Sultan and Haidar Ali, it can be hard to figure out what books to read on them. This is a listing of the various books on the two 18th century Indian leaders to give a better understanding of their times and themselves.
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Lentils cooked all’Assassina with Bacon Recipe
If you want a different way to cook lentils, try this method inspired from the Italian assassina method, which functions like a risotto in adding in a heady mixture of tomato and different spices, combined with the wonderful fragrance of bacon.
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Mediterranean-Style Eggplant Mushroom Tomato Potpourri with Eggs and Feta Recipe
If you like Moroccan shakusha, try this similar dish with mushrooms and eggplants that has a wonderfully vibrant flavor from the cherry tomatoes that produce the sauce, accompanied with the excellent strong notes of feta cheese.
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Mediterranean-Style Potato Salad with Capers, Basil, and Eggplant Recipe
If you want an unconventional potato salad with some vibrant and exceptional flavors, try this Mediterranean-style one with potatoes in a heady mixture of herbs, along with some wonderful vegetables.
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Blackberry Pork Tenderloin au Poivre Recipe
A new take on the classic French steak au poivre, blackberry pork tenderloin au poivre uses the splendid French sauce and complements it with beautiful blackberries and a fragrant and tender pork tenderloin
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Pumpkin Apple Cider Madeleines Recipe: Perfect for Autumn
Embrace the flavors of autumn with these beautiful and remarkably simple madeleines flavored with pumpkin and apple cider.
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Poutine with Pesto and Feta Cheese Recipe
For a delicious variation on normal poutine, try this version with pesto and feta that embraces a wild, more Mediterranean-style flavor, wonderfully complementing the potatoes and all of it with a beautiful green
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Wargame Red Dragon: The Top 10 Underrated Units
If you play Wargame: Red Dragon, why not mix up your decks with some of the more unorthodox and less-often used units that Wargame has to offer, ranging from Stalin-era machine gun trucks to Czech light bombers?
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Fried Lentils With Vegetables and Egg Recipe
Let's go off the beaten track and a bit heretical—instead of fried rice, fried lentils! Enjoy hearty, savory, and wholesome lentils.
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Pineapple Cranberry Biscotti Recipe
These pineapple cranberry biscotti are a tasty and delectable treat. Perfect with a cup of tea.
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Cardamom Lemon Curd Kolache Recipe
This delightful recipe combines a lovely cardamom flavor with lemon to make these beautiful, elegant, and addictive kolache pastries.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Conclusion
The conclusion of Saint-Yves' book, which focuses on the relative state of the different European powers in Asia, the failings of France's policy, and his vision of the necessary future of European influence in the region.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 12
This chapter on the Levant focuses on the demographics of the different religious and ethnic groups in the region and the influence of different European religious organizations.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 11
A wide-ranging chapter about French relations with Southeast Asia, the Sino-French War, and Japan's modernization.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 10
Russia's influence in Iran and also a very interesting section on the potential for a clash between the Russians and British in Central Asia.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 9
A description of the advance of Russia across Siberia and Central Asia, particularly the role of the Cossacks and the Russian conquests in Central Asia.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 8
After the period of Jesuits and attempts at trade, Chapter 8 Of A L'Assaut de l'Asie describes the European interventions of the First and Second Opium Wars as well as China's turmoil in the second half of the 19th century.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 7
An account of the European discovery of China, the fall of the Ming, and particularly of the activities of the Jesuits in China
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 6
This chapter of the 1901 French book A l'Assaut de l'Asie looks at both the English conquest of India and also the events of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 5
A look at the rise of Dupleix's brief empire in southern India and the battle for influence between the French and the British in the 1740s and 1750s
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 3
An overview of Portugal's colonial activities in Asia, and also interesting for its depiction of Goa in the early 1900s.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 2
Although it's an outdated chapter, the section on races and religions in A l'Assaut de l'Asie is a really fascinating look into the beliefs and prejudices of early 20th century European observers.
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A l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Chapter 1
Focusing on the geography of Asia stretching from Siberia to the lower reaches of India, as well as some of Saint-Yves thoughts on the historical panorama of European-Asian history, this is one of my favorite chapters from the book.
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À l'Assaut de l'Asie, English Translation: Introduction and Preface
Written more than a century ago, A l'Assaut de l'Asie never got an English translation: this is my correction on this, to translate this elderly French history book into English.
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Pumpkin Clafoutis With Apple, Raisins, and Walnuts Recipe
An elegant French dessert. Pumpkin clafoutis is chic, delicious, and not too sweet.
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Roast Pork Tenderloin With Mushrooms, Dill, and Bacon Recipe
Tender and aromatic pork tenderloin with mushrooms, bacon, dill, cumin, and mustard.
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Vibrant Lentil Soup With Pesto, Peppers, and Carrots
If you want a real explosion of taste with some incredibly vibrant and filling flavors, in a hearty and satisfying stew - perfect for a cold winter's night! - then try this lentils, peppers, pesto, and carrots soup recipe.
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Wargame Red Dragon: Denmark Guide
Denmark is a minor faction in Wargame Red Dragon, not capable of being played against top factions in most situations, but fun to play and with some surprising strengths.
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Coffee Cinnamon Maple Syrup Madeleines Recipe
Wonderfully delicate madeleines with a complex mixture of coffee, cinnamon, and maple syrup, with rich and dark flavors leavened by spices.
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Sweet Potato Olivier Salad
A twist on the classic Olivier salad: a sweet version bursting with the flavor of sweet potato, sauteed bread cheese, ham, and dill.
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Pork Tenderloin au Poivre à l’Orange Recipe
A deliciously rich and cream combination of tender pork, sweet and savory sauce, and a beautiful presentation, this twist on the classic steak au poivre adds in a splendid orange variation.
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Sweet Pickled Beets Tarte Tatin Recipe
Beets in a sweet pie? Not as strange as it sounds, and this recipe takes advantage of sweet pickled beets to make a different take on the classic French tarte Tatin recipe, coating the beets in caramel and baking them under a crust.
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Tvorog Dill Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes with a twist! Tvorog, dill, and garlic produce a sharp, herbal, and cheesy potato dish.
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Tvorog, Dill, and Bacon Mac and Cheese Recipe
Mac and cheese with a twist! Fragrant dill, flavorful tvorog, and smoked cheddar cheese are baked together to make a filling and hearty dish with pieces of bacon added in.
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Pork and Sweet Potato Braised in Mango Kefir Recipe
Pork and sweet potatoes are slow-braised in mango kefir and a host of different seasonings. Perfect for cold winter nights.
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Butternut Squash and Pickled Beet Chicken Casserole With Mole and Feta Cheese Recipe
This casserole dish has a wonderful mixture of flavors with sweet butternut squash, tart pickled beets, and complex mole, all topped by crisp and sharp feta cheese.
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Succulent Pork Tenderloin With Watermelon-Balsamic Vinegar Julienne on a Bed of Asparagus Recipe
Succulent and tender pork tenderloin with a savory-sweet watermelon-balsamic vinegar julienne and a wonderfully juicy sauce.
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My 101 French History Books
A selection of my 101 favorite books on France's history, ranging from Gaul to today.
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Pineapple Cilantro Poulet Basquaise With Watermelon Recipe
Pineapple, cilantro, fresh watermelon, and spices complement the chicken in this brilliant casserole dish.
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Learning Russian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I've been learning Russian for a few years and I've enjoyed it and what it's brought to me, but it is a lot more challenging than the Romance languages English speakers often learn.
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Grated Cabbage Carrot Gratin on a Bed of Mashed Potatoes Recipe
A bed of wonderfully fluffy mashed potatoes with a rich and flavorful topping of vegetables and cheeses on top makes for a filling and delicious meal.
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Chocolate Angel Food Cake With Orange Coffee Russian Ice Cream Frosting
This delightful angel food cake variation combines delicious chocolate with a frosting of orange coffee Russian curd ice cream, making for a great contrast of flavors and textures between the light cake and heavy frosting.
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Russian Sirok Orange Coffee Chocolate Ice Cream Recipe
Sirki, or curd ice cream bars in chocolate, are some of my favorite Russian desserts. This recipe elevates them with the addition of orange and coffee.
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Tolstoy and Fatalism
Tolstoy's vision of human agency having no affect upon the great stream of human events is an integral part of his Christian ideas and also has momentous links to Russian history and society.
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25 Books to Help Understand French Economic History
Although this just skims the surface of the books on France's rich economic history, these are twenty five books that give a good general look at issues of France's economy and its evolution.
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My 10 Favorite French Words
French is a beautiful language, clear, elegant, and with a unique sound, and these are some of my favorite French words.
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The Automobile in French Indochina
French Indochina was one of France's largest colonies, with an interesting history of the development of automobiles in the beginning of the 20th century.
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The Story of the Astonishing Yunnan Railroad
The Yunnan Railroad was an incredible engineering work that connected French Indochina to Yunnan, crossing through high mountains, raging rivers, and long gorges, as shown by this translated French article.
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Orange Coffee Chocolate Shortbread Cookies Recipe
Strong coffee, pungent chocolate, and zesty orange combine to make a decadently buttery shortbread cookie.
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Strawberry Kolache with Pineapple Jam Filling Recipe
These delightful kolache have a perfume of strawberry and individual jewels of the fruit which pair splendidly with the pineapple jam that forms the filling, into a tropical and vibrant dessert.
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Indian-Style Poulet Basquaise With Eggplant Recipe
Poulet Basquaise with an Indian twist.
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Red Bean Paste Shortbread Squares Recipe
These red bean paste shortbread squares make for a brilliant contrast between the sweet, fruity red bean paste and the chewy, salty shortbread, both beautiful and surprisingly easy to make.
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Mediterranean-Style Okroshka Soup Recipe
This variant of the popular Russian cold vegetable and kefir (or kvass) soup classic changes around the flavors for a more Mediterranean-style blend including sharp lemon, delicate mint, pungent garlic, and crisp bell peppers.
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Wargame Red Dragons: 1980 Soviet Armored Deck Guide
Playing a 1980s deck against more advanced factions in Wargame: Red Dragon is a difficult task, but one which few do as well as a 1980 Soviet armored deck specialization
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Red Bean Paste Kolache with Cherry Pie Topping Recipe
These beautiful kolache combine a hint of red bean paste with gorgeous red cherry pie filling on their top, an absolutely delightful mixture that's so tantalizing it's almost a shame to have to eat them.
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Clotted Cream and Fruit Kolache Recipe
Soft, sweet, fruity, delicate, tender, and beautiful, these fruity blackberry and strawberry kolache have a wonderfully refined upper layer much like a Danish from their clotted cream.
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Quince Shortbread Bar Recipe
Incredibly rich and creamy, this combination of quince and shortbread is much like the famous lemon square, but the quince adds a melodious sweetness.
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Matcha Angel Food Cake With Peach Whipped Cream Topping
Light, elegant, and fluffy matcha angel food cake pairs with fruity peach whipped cream to produce a beautiful dessert.
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Orange-Coffee-Chocolate Kolache with Pumpkin Recipe
These delightful Czech pastries are a tasteful combination of coffee, orange, and chocolate with pumpkin topping. Both beautiful and a treat to eat.
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Matcha Kolache with Red Bean Paste Recipe
These delicious pastries combine two traditional Japanese dessert flavors with a Czech format for tantalizing and beautiful kolache pastries, almost as easy to admire as they are to eat.
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Pork Tenderloin Braised in Coconut Milk With Lychees Recipe
This delicious braised pork tenderloin recipe produces a sweet and superbly seasoned pork tenderloin that almost falls apart, so soft and tender from its coconut milk bath.
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Quince Kolache with Chai Recipe
These quince kolache are not only beautiful but also are a great combination of the modestly sweet brioche with the wondrous citrus flavor of the quince.
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Quince Madeleines with Fig Glaze Recipe
These gorgeous quince madeleines are wonderfully sweet and very charming, and can be nicely complemented with some fig glaze to help provide a nice contrast.
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Orange Kolache with Mincemeat Recipe
These pretty kolache are some of the most delightful things in the world when they're fresh out of the oven, the mincemeat warm and soft, almost gushing out, matching a fresh breeze of orange in the bread...
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Peach and Coconut Kolache Recipe
These beautiful peach and coconut kolache are wonderfully delicate and soft. The golden central peach filling goes splendidly with the brioche-style bread.
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Tapenade, Feta, and Pesto Lasagna Recipe
This delightful lasagna recipe has fierce and vibrant flavors with olive, pesto, and feta, strong and with a wonderful feeling of summer and springtime, which complements superbly the lasagna and beef.
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Quince Meringue Pie Recipe
This quince meringue dessert has a wonderfully fruity flavor, looks beautiful, is gorgeously creamy, and has a great contrast between the crust, the pie, and the meringue.
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Corn, Peas, and Tomatoes Curry Recipe
This zesty and vibrant curry has a superb sauce with a host of spices that complement the vegetables. A great dinner, particularly on a cold winter night.
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Un Aller Simple The Movie: What Went Wrong?
The movie of Un Aller Simple lacks much of the charm and the meaning that the book possesses, losing its elegance, symbolism, and beauty.
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Tomato and Cashew Sauce Chicken Curry With Mushrooms Recipe
This delightfully savory and heavily aromatic curry dish produces wonderfully tender chicken.
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Dark Chocolate Orange Coffee Meringue Pie Recipe
This rich, decadent, and complex pie features chocolate, orange, and coffee flavors that combine with a smooth custard and a gorgeous meringue.
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Spaghetti all’Assassina With Tapenade Recipe
This unique way of cooking spaghetti in a olive tapenade sauce produces a fascinatingly textured spaghetti with a wondrously deep, almost nutty taste, brimming with superb notes of garlic, onion, and cilantro, plus a nice spicy kick.
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Orange Crepe Cake With Quince Whipped Cream Recipe
This beautiful and delicious orange crepe cake is layered with wondrously refreshing quince whipped cream.
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Why Does the Iliad Still Move Us?
The Iliad is still a deeply moving, emotional, epic poem to read even nearly three millennia after its initial writing. Why is it still so emotionally comprehensible to us?
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Spicy Cinnamon Ginger Crème Brûlée Recipe
A delicious crème brûlée recipe that combines tropical ginger, spicy pepper jam, cooling cream, and a crunchy sugar topping.
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Orange Honey Mustard Mole Poblano Pork Tenderloin Recipe
This delicious orange honey mustard sautéed pork tenderloin is wonderfully tender and has a tantalizing and aromatic flavor. It combines mole poblano flavors with the freshness of herbs and garlic.
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Banana Chocolate Coffee Clafoutis Recipe
Clafoutis is a delightfully simple, refreshing, and elegant recipe. This is a take on the original clafoutis with chocolate, coffee, orange, and banana, producing a lovely, tropical dessert.
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Ginger Cinnamon Biscotti With Spicy Pepper Jam Recipe
A completely different take on regular biscotti, these spicy biscotti have an almost tropical flair with ginger and pepper jam.
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Wargame Red Dragon: Norway Guide
A challenging but fun minor faction, Norway is a fascinating puzzle of trying to figure out how it works and an interesting task of finding a strategy that works.
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Fig Cinnamon Cardamom Biscotti Recipe
The combination of fig, cinnamon, and cardamom gives a wonderfully fruity and vibrant flavor to these crunchy biscotti cookies. Perfect with coffee or tea.
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Fig and Cinnamon Madeleine Recipe
These elegant, pretty, and easy-to-make madeleines have a very nice aromatic flavor from their combination of fig, cinnamon, and hints of cardamom. Wonderfully spongey and deeply satisfying to eat.
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Some Military Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War
The Ukraine War has been full of surprises and offers a wealth of experience and information for future strategic and military planning.
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Tri-Tip With Honey, Grand Marnier, Garlic, and Rosemary Rub
This barbecued tri-tip recipe uses a heady mix of different seasonings to produce a sweet, spicy, and pungent flavoring that wonderfully complements the juices and tenderness of the meat.
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Fig Rubbed Spiced Pork Tenderloin With Walnuts and Brussels Sprouts Recipe
An elegant pork tenderloin recipe, both easy to make and wonderfully tasty, the combination of fig preserves and seasonings provide for a fresh and well-balanced dish with a wonderful sweet full-bodied sauce.
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Mushroom Dill Poulet Basquaise Recipe
A variation on the traditional poulet basquaise recipe that adds in mushrooms and fresh dill for additional bursts of greenness and the wonderful savory goodness of mushrooms.
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Fragrant Orange Cherry Biscotti With Coconut Recipe
These deliciously fragrant and tasty biscotti combine the wondrous aroma of orange with sweet, mildly tart cherry. Shredded coconut adds the crowning touch.
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Cherry and Herbs Roasted Pork Tenderloin on a Bed of Potatoes Recipe
This is a simple but elegant recipe, easy to make. It uses balsamic vinegar, cherry jam, and a potpourri of herbs to make a wonderfully aromatic and tender pork tenderloin whose juices flavor a bed of potatoes.
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Blackberry Punjabi Chicken Recipe
This take on a piquant, tart, and headily spiced recipe uses blackberries to produce a fruity and sweet aromatic sauce with tender chicken.
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Glutinous Blackberry Lemon Coconut Balls
These aromatic blackberry lemon balls are covered with a coating of shredded coconut, a heady medley of flavors with chewy and crunchy glutinous rice.
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Delectable Blackberry Cinnamon Buns Recipe
These fun and vibrant blackberry cinnamon buns are a treat to eat, particularly great with tea.
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Sweet and Tart Salade Piémontaise Recipe
A simple but delicious recipe that combines potatoes, saurekraut, pickles, ham, tomatoes, and mayonnaise in a heaty, fillying, wonderfully appetizing, and yet refreshing and simple potato salad.
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Fragrant Blackberry Banana Crème Brûlée Recipe
This vibrant blackberry banana crème brûlée recipe has a wonderfully fragrant and potent taste that marries the phenomenal tropical flavor of bananas with the high sharp notes of blackberries in a soft and silky custard with a delicious hard caramelized sugar top.
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Learning Russian in Riga: Maximizing your Learning Experience
Riga is an attractive prospect for a city to learn Russian in due to the problems with going to Russia itself, and this suggests some ways to practice your Russian and get exposure there.
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Cooking with Kvass: Leeks, Beet, and Chicken Stew Recipe
This simple but tasty stew combines the sweetness of kvass and beets with garlic and savory leeks to magnificently flavor chicken with a dish that has rich notes of sautéed vegetables and caramel undertones from the kvass.
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The Civilized, Chapter 36 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The death of an English battleship and the death of Fierce, in the final battle.
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The Civilized, Chapter 35 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The death of an English battleship
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The Civilized, Chapter 34 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The last battle of Fierce and his desperate charge against an English battleship.
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The Civilized, Chapter 33 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce sails to meet his death, as his torpedo boat squadron hunts down the English battleships blockading Saigon.
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The Civilized, Chapter 32 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce and Torral have their last meeting as Saigon comes under siege.
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Top 14 Videos on the Economic Side of the Russo-Ukrainian War
This list of videos are the best ones on the subject of economic impacts, and economic components of, the Russo-Ukrainian 2022 War.
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The Civilized, Chapter 31 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Raymond Mévil realizes the mistake of his life and searches for a relief from his agony.
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The Civilized, Chapter 30 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce falls into a deep depression following his betrayal of Sélysette, as Saigon is rocked by momentous news.
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The Civilized, Chapter 29 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce's return to Saigon and a fatal meeting of the three old friends.
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The Civilized, Chapter 28 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Mévil attempts to secure the hand in marriage of one of his fancies.
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The Civilized, Chapter 27 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The crushing of a rebellion and the brutality and death that it engenders.
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The Civilized, Chapter 26 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce is sent to crush a native rebellion and the brutal guerilla war which it sparks.
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Creamy Pickled Beets Risotto Recipe
This simple, easy, and fast recipe produces a delicious combination of sweet, cheesy, and creamy beet risotto, an excellent vegetarian meal that's a delight to eat.
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The Civilized, Chapter 25 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The long separation of Fierce from Sélysette continues, as his ship returns slowly to Saigon and a missed meeting.
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The Civilized, Chapter 24 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
A letter from Torral to Fierce warning against the consequences of abandonining the life of a Civilized man.
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The Civilized, Chapter 23 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
A party with a future enemy, and the temptation of betrayal that haunts Fierce.
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The Civilized, Chapter 22 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Hong Kong in all of its depravity, the crossroads of empire and the delight of sailors.
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Recipe: Luscious Quince Crème Brûlée
This delicious crème brûlée recipe takes advantage of the heady, aromatic, and almost caramel or toffee flavors of the quince. Enjoy this creamy, elegant, and easy dessert.
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The Civilized, Chapter 21 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
A letter of love from Fierce to his distant fiancée
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The Civilized, Chapter 20 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The arrival of Fierce and the Bayard in Hong Kong.
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The Civilized, Chapter 19 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Upon the point of triumph, Fierce is dragged away from Saigon.
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The Civilized, Chapter 18 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
A dance, a thwarted chase, and a momentous change.
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The Civilized, Chapter 17 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The budding and increasingly visible relationship between Sélysette and Fierce and the transformation that it brings.
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The Civilized, Chapter 16 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Fierce's romantic attachment to Sélysette takes full bloom.
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The Civilized, Chapter 15 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
In which a game of tennis between Mévil and Fierce becomes rather heated.
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The Civilized, Chapter 14 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The confrontation with Liseron, and the reunion of our three musketeers.
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Demographic Decline: An Inevitable Feature of Industrial Society?
Populations in the developing world are stagnating or declining. Is this an inherent feature of industrial countries and if so, how long might they last for?
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The Civilized, Chapter 13 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Mévil and Torral, and Doctor Mévil's problems in love.
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The Civilized, Chapter 12 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
From the jewelry shops of Saigon to a chance meeting with Sélysette, Fierce starts to question the life he has been living.
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Easy Baked Honey-Mustard Pork Tenderloin with Asparagus Recipe
This incredibly easy pork tenderloin recipe takes advantage of a honey mustard sauce to richly imbibe the meat with flavor, and then accompanies it with asparagus, all roasted to tender perfection in the oven.
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The Civilized, Chapter 11 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The doldrums of Saigon and a game of chance.
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The Civilized, Chapter 10 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
The meeting of Fierce with the elite of French Saigon, another convert to the spirit of the civilized age, and his introduction to the Sylva, adopted daughter of the governor.
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Are Dictatorships Worse at Waging War?
After Russia's failures in Ukraine, it's worth asking whether its problems are shared with all dictatorships, or whether it is something peculiar to Russia.
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The Civilized, Chapter 9 - English Translation of Les Civilisés
Life onboard of Fierce's ship and his liaisons in the Saigon, as the first stirrings of conflict begin to be heard.
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Ground Pork and Carrots Tarte Tatin Recipe
This delicious pork pie recipe incorporates tender, sweet carrots with savory cinnamon-flavored pork to produce a satisfying and elegant meat pie.