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  • North African red pepper sauce

    Red Hot and Fishy

    I admit I wasn’t hugely impressed with a lot of the food I had in Israel last October. So much of it seemed derivative from, and nowhere near as good as, food…

  • Tartufi Bianchi da Aimo e Nadia

    After years of trying, I finally made it to a much-heralded restaurant in Milano in late November.  Aimo e Nadia is the name of  this deservedly famed establishment. I’m convinced I only…

  • knafe

    Knafeh

    Knafeh: Rich, buttery, cheesy, lightly crunchy, softly melting, sugar-drenched, achingly sweet, a sort of overwhelmingly opulent Middle Eastern cheesecake that makes New York-style cheesecake look like something invented in a Philadelphia Cream…

  • The Green Door

    The Green Door

    So my friend  said: “You have GOT to go to the Green Door. It’s the greatest pizza anywhere!” So today I finally did and it was a most unusual experience. In through…