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Pasta alla Boscaiola ("Woodcutter Style")
Lumberjack style sauce is a specialty from the Italian region of Puglia. It combines mushrooms and cream, and is an excellent alternative...
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Oct 19, 20202 min read
Tahini Sauce
Tahini or tahina is one of the oldest condiments in the world. It is made from toasted ground hulled sesame, basically a sesame paste....
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Oct 11, 20202 min read
Roasted garlic
When you roast garlic, the biting, hot garlic taste disappears and what remains is a wonderful caramelized puree. The garlic gets a rich...
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Sep 4, 20201 min read
Baba Ganoush
...and back to the Middle East. And back to our eggplants. There is not only hummus when you think of dips from the Arab or Middle East....
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Jul 6, 20202 min read
Cream Beans
Beans are in my opinion quite underrated. Kidney beans are a rich source of protein, folate, iron and phosphorus. But kids usually don't...
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Jul 2, 20202 min read
Fattoush (Middle Eastern bread salad)
Arab salad, chopped salad, Israeli salad - whatever you choose to call it, there is no escaping it. Wherever you go in the Middle East,...
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Jun 25, 20202 min read
Hummus (base recipe)
In recent years there has been a real boom in Mediterranean cuisine, especially that of the Middle East. Hummus is a symbol of this. Let...
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Jun 15, 20202 min read
Caramelized Onions
Caramelized onions are a great garnish for hamburgers or sandwiches. You can prepare this well ahead, keep it refridgerated to quite some...
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Jun 15, 20202 min read
Bitter Orange Marmelade
Bitter orange marmelade was in my mind reserved for the British breakfast. I was quite wrong. After our family trip to Sicily a couple of...
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Jun 10, 20202 min read
Mnazaleh („oriental aubergine“)
Another great aubergine dish, inspired by my long lasting quest of so called "chazilim orientalim" or "oriental aubergine". As I told you...
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Jun 10, 20202 min read
Roasted Garlic Paste
Garlic is the cornerstone of many dishes and I use it a lot. The downside of eating garlic is the somewhat unpleasant side effect of...
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Jun 4, 20201 min read
Caponata alla siciliana
Caponata is a dish based on aubergines that originates in the Italian island of Sicily. There are many dishes containing aubergines. Many...
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Jun 3, 20202 min read
Givech (Romanian vegetable stew)
In almost all Balkan countries you will find a kind of vegetable stew based on the Turkish Güveç. This one ist the one of my grandmother...
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May 29, 20202 min read
Panzanella (Toscan Bread Salad)
This is my take on a light summer salad. Great as a starter or side dish, easy to make and super tasty Quite often there is some left...
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May 29, 20202 min read
Gorgonzola cream sauce
An easy way to do a tasty, creamy sauce with the distictive taste of Gorgonzola cheese. Not everyone likes Blue Cheese, everyone likes...
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May 26, 20201 min read
Tomato Sugo (base recipe)
This is an essential one... A basic tomato sauce is the cornerstone of many easy and more complicated dishes. Doing this right will make...
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May 26, 20202 min read
Tuna Spread
Tuna Spread is a sandwich spread that I actually never ate home, but I saw first time in the States many years ago. My mother used to...
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May 21, 20201 min read
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