turkish eggplant, cucumber, potato salads

eggplant salad, cucumber salad, potato salad and stuffed grape leaves from Bereket in New York

vegetable uttapam

uttapam, a South Indian dish made of rice and urad dal, with vegetables mashed in
from the dosa vendor in Washington Square Park in New York

ensalada la acida

salad with beans, corn, citrus dressing, and sun-dried tomato from Caracas Arepa Bar in New York

mushroom and leek arepa

A grilled and stuffed thick corn flour tortilla, from Caracas Arepa Bar in New York, a preview for an upcoming visit to Venezuela...

scallion pancake

from New Green Bo, in New York

samosa chat

Vegetable turnovers topped with onions, chickpeas, crispy noodles, sweet and sour sauces and cilantro. From Sukhadia's in New York.

lychee sorbet

dairy-free lychee sorbet (with chunks of lychee fruit blended in) from the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in Manhattan

squash roti

filled with sweet squash and curried chickpeas, from Roti Palace in Toronto

salad roll with wasabi ranch sauce

basic green salad & brown rice wrapped in nori with a wasabi ranch dipping sauce

banh mi

vietnamese sub with pickled carrot and daikon, marinated tofu, cilantro, and chili pepper, from Chinatown in Toronto

doubles

Trinidadian doubles: fried dough patties around curried chickpeas, from Patty King in Toronto

black beans and mango

With fresh cilantro on top!