I loved reading Diana Abu-Jaber’s The Language of Baklava. Not only did I read about how it was like to grow up with a Jordanian father and an American mother, I also learned how to cook some of her family’s dishes. Ingredients: 1 cup of fine bulgur wheat, soaked in water for about an hour [...]

I love how rich the green of this soup is. If your guest is adamant about eating soup with meat, brown some bacon and chop to smaller pieces. Add the bacon at the same time you garnish the soup with the asparagus tips. .flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #CCCCCC; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { [...]

Vegetable stock? Even the biggest carnivore would want a simple soup without meat. Ingredients: leeks, greens only, roughly chopped carrot, peeled and chopped celery stalk, chopped parsley branches bay leaf salt and olive oil 1. Sauté leeks in a stock pot with hot olive oil. Add and lightly brown the rest of the ingredients. Add [...]