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Kashmiri eggplant

June 1, 2010

I am enchanted with the Ajanta: Regional Feasts of India cookbook by Lachu Moorjani. I’ve been really engrossed by it since discovering it at Viks Chaat Corner on our food excursion to Berkeley a few weeks ago. It caught my attention because it was the only book for sale at that place. That might normally [...]

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feta zucchini borek

July 21, 2009

For the Macedonian party we had the other day I made borek. This classic dish also goes by börek or burek depending on the nationality of origin. Aleks introduced me to it the last time we went over for BBQ at his place and I fell in love with it. It was lightly pan fried [...]

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fresh zucchini pasta

July 7, 2009

This is a simple pasta dish that takes about fifteen minutes to make and is always tasty. I originally got it from an Italian cookbook, maybe “Marcella Cucina,” though I can’t quite recall now. The original has a can of tomatoes in the sauce with the zucchini added at the last minute. Hegui didn’t like [...]

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spring onion, chive and feta pasta

June 27, 2009

This recipe is a variation of one I found in Marcella Hazan’s cookbook, “Marcella Cucina.” Hers calls for chive but no spring onion or olives. When I first tried making this in Astoria, I couldn’t find chive easily but spring onion was quite abundant. Spring onion alone is a little too oniony but chive alone [...]

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fresh baby artichokes for dinner

June 21, 2009

I love Mediterranean style cooking. The food is always fresh, never too heavy in sauces, you can taste each individual item, it’s almost always lean…hummm. Among the vegetables used in Mediterranean cuisine, the artichoke is one of my favorite. They are beautiful plants. I’ve seen them planted as decorations in gardens here in California. The [...]

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