Category Archives: Middle East

Last minute treat for the holidays

black and blistered roasted red peppers, ready for peelingRoast the peppers, toss in the processor, give a quick buzz, and you're good to go.Read More
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A Kitchen in Upper Egypt

Live pigeons cooed seductively from a crowded wooden cage that the pigeon man bore atop his turbanned head as he walked the back streets of Luxor, far from the temples and tourists of the riverfront, looking for buyers. Read More
Also posted in Meat and poultry, Mediterranean food and travel, North Africa, Posts, Recipes | 1 Comment

Cooking with extra-virgin? Yes!

Tunisian women harvesting olivesMy daughter Sara posts on the Atlantic food blog, mostly about operating her two restaurants in New York, Porsena and Porchetta (both on East 7th Street, if you want to try). Most recently she talked about cooking with extra-virgin olive oil. Yes, I said cooking with it. I am constantly amazed at the lack of Read More
Also posted in Greece, Italy, North Africa, Olives and olive oil, Spain | 11 Comments

Freaky

Soldier beans and smoked wheat (freekeh) soupYou’ve heard of farro and kamut, of bulgur and burghul. Now here’s freekeh, aka farik, to add its deliciously smoky flavor to winter soups and salads. How is it that certain foods pop up on the horizon and go on to become the rage of the moment, while others never quite make it? Or die Read More
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  • SPEAKING TUSCAN IN THE KITCHEN/ LA CUCINA PARLA TOSCANO

    May 20 - 226, 2012, Villa Campestri, Tuscany A Tuscan cooking course with Nancy Harmon Jenkins for details click HERE

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