by Brian | Oct 6, 2015 | Recipes
In My Perfect Pantry, Geoffrey Zakarian uses simple pantry elements to forge wonderful, full flavored dishes. He has a list of 50 pantry ingredients that he employs in appetizers, side dishes, main courses and desserts. Here the simple ingredient is the pecans....
by Brian | Oct 2, 2015 | Recipes
Pomegranates & Pine Nuts by Bethany Kehdy appeared in 2013. It was a dashing proponent for recipes from the Middle East, featuring Lebanese, Moroccan and Persian dishes. And it remains a leading book for these cuisines. You might say this book ages...
by Brian | Mar 27, 2015 | Recipes
Saveur magazine has just published a collection of world-wide recipes to celebrate their gallant first 20 years. Here’s a link to my cookbook review. And here, on the same day, is a recipe I could not resist. This artichoke dish is from Aleppo, a town now sadly...
by Brian | Feb 19, 2015 | Recipes
One you have tasted duck prepared perfectly, you will be addicted. No, it does not taste like chicken. There are two tricks to duck. First cooking it properly, and the directions below guide you there. Second, you to adorn the duck with a sauce that simultaneously...
by Brian | Feb 11, 2015 | Recipes
“Look at this,” I said. We were in Brooklyn, in the Middle Eastern community complete with aromatic restaurants and markets that burst onto the sidewalk with a variety food items we had never seen. I was holding a bottle of pomegranate molasses....