Imagine a stuffed baked potato with everything you can imagine inside of it: cream cheese, real cheese, bacon bits, whatever else you want to put in. Now imagine a hot dog with all the fixins: relish, ketchup, onions, chili sauce, and the list keeps going. Take your hot dog, remove the bun, and put it inside the potato.
I’ve just described what might be the American version of the Kumpir.
There are a few differences obviously but the general pictures is of a baked potato stuffed with all the goodness you can imagine. Start with your potato wrapped in foil, cut one side and open it up. Next whip shredded cheese and butter into the potato within the …

Everyone in the world likely has a different favorite after a night out on the town. Back in DC the late-night snack is usually a Jumbo Slice of pizza from the nearest greasy pizzeria. This is the case assuming you’re nowhere near GWU – whose late night of choice is Manouch.  Manouch delivers a greasy hot dog smothered in onions and relish and a philosophy lesson on your Id, Ego, and Super-Ego that you might have received in class had you not been up all night talking with Manouch the evening prior. But I digress.
We were lucky enough to Couchsurf for half of our time in Istanbul and this meant that we were in the company of …

We struggle to define American food. Whenever we hear someone complaining that all Americans eat is McDonald’s we’re quick to point out our diets consist of much, much more than just burgers and fries. American cuisine is like America- a mosaic of different tastes, colors, textures and ingredients, but, what is quintessentially American? Traditional Thanksgiving dinner? Meatloaf? It all started somewhere else.
A few weeks ago I began researching foods around the world for an article. My elementary school Thanksgiving play memories came back to me and before I knew it I had rattled off a list of 10 foods native to the Americas. Working to balance the list a little more for the global …

It´s probably the most famous Hungarian dish out there – goulash. Goulash, a stew or soup, is actually a mishmash of things: meat, potatoes, onion, carrots and other veggies. Seasoned with paprika, Hungary´s favorite spice, goulash is actually a simple meal to make, which of course makes it delicious. We first had goulash in the Czech Republic (with some dumplings!), but it didn´t compare to the authentic hungarian meal.
The word goulash is so linked to Hungary that we actually use it to describe the type of Communism in Hungary during the Cold War. ¨Goulash Communism¨ we call it, a mishmash of limited political and economic freedoms under Communist rule.
Politics aside, goulash is a stick to your …