I don’t know about you, but I always associate the word Turkish with good food – even when people bring up Turkish prisons, Turkish Coffee or the Bride from Istanbul. Unfortunately, I’ve never been to Turkey, but it’s on the top of my list. I’ll go when the coast is clear of gammas and deltas and …
I love to treat vegetables like meat. The other day I was curious to see what would happen if I pretended that a bunch of roasted golden beets were raw salmon. I somehow knew that they would resemble cured salmon with their white strokes and bright color but I wasn’t sure how they would taste …
There are so many ways to include vegetables in your meals. The most exciting way, in my opinion, is to make a bunch of mezes /tapas /small plates for dinner instead of a typical main dish-side-and-salad dinner. This is a baba ganoush but without mayonnaise or tahini, instead you drizzle a a paprika & chili …
I don’t know whose idea it was to infuse oil with spices but it’s a good one. My Moroccan grandmother and mother always kept a jar of oil infused with paprikas in the fridge. My mother infuses canola oil with sweet and hot paprikas. I used olive oil for a while and now I use …
In my family and Homeland we have a lot of respect for vegetables. They get as much or more attention than meat. Almost every restaurant has at least two or three or more types of interesting and delicious vegetable dishes. This is why Israel is a paradise for vegetarians and vegans. You can do so …
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My husband is ¾ Hungarian and ¼ Polish. His mother didn’t cook Hungarian food but his grandmother did. She was a good cook. I did get to eat her food and baked goods but never this dish. My mother in law told me about it many times but she didn’t have a recipe. Well Google …
