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- Food Festival : Safza Sar : Safza Sar literall means "green head", refers to the crop sprouting festival in Shimsal

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- Food Festival : Shegd-tar-charaman : Shegd-tar-charaman refers to a festival in Shimsal celebrating the moment when the new crop is taken to the threshing place

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Tagam is a sowing festival in Shimsal

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- Food Festival : Tarkhun yundak : Tarkhun yundak is an invitation to a banquet in Shimsal.

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- Food Festival : The Laba Rice Porridge Festival : The Laba Rice Porridge Festival is a traditional Chinese Festivals and one of the ways to celebrate it is eating Laba rice porridge.

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- Food Festival : Vichhosh : Vichhosh refers to Shimsal's outdoor soup festival. It is also known as Hoshigarm

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The peach, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, is native to China.

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Aida refers to the Opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi ( 1813-1901) noted patron of the Maison Doree in Paris. Casimir-Moisson, President of the First Culinary Academy created in the honor of Giuseppe Verdi dishes like Iced bombe called "Bombe Aida"; Turbot; Salad

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- Food History: Douzhi (Mung bean Milk) : Beijing has a long history of making mung bean milk. As early as in the Liao (907-1125) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, mung bean milk was very popular. Local people of Beijing love to drink

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- Food History: Joseph Berchoux (1765-1839) : Joseph Berchoux refers to the French poet and gastronome. He is the name who introduced the word "gastronomie" to the French language. His name Berchoux was used to name (two) French foods, namely: (1) Sauce Berchoux; and (2) Consomme Berchoux.

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