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Across Nostrand Avenue, at Trini Girl, they were out of goat on a recent weeknight, but that turned out to be fortuitous. I pointed to the best-looking stew in the steam table and learned that it ...
Unleavened bread, like roti, is popular in many cultures. Typically, it only needs two or three ingredients, depending on how ...
A roti is a whole wheat flatbread common in such South Asian countries as India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. Unless you find yourself in Trinidad or Jamaica, where the word denotes ...
Visiting Trinidad requires almost a full day of air travel. Last time we checked, there was only one Trinidadian roti shop in our area, over in Oakland.
In India, making roti has traditionally been women’s work, said Riya Saha Shah, 45, a lawyer in Northern Virginia. “Women, before they get married, they have to make roti.” ...