In my Gmail drafts folder, I’ve racked up a pretty hefty list of recipes that I stumble upon that I want to try. Here’s a few highlights from my current list. And FYI, because the last couple of posts were pretty non-ethnic, these recipes have an international focus.
Bamya, oven-baked okra and beef stew: This is [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Dinner’
March 10, 2010
Recipes I Want To Try Before I Forget About Them. Also: Did You Know Florence Fabricant Is A Woman?
January 7, 2010
Cheap, Easy and Arab: Make Koshari, Egypt’s National Dish, Tonight!
If you want to cook something authentic and ethnic, koshari is your best bet. It’s layers of pasta, rice, lentils and chickpeas smothered with a spicy, tangy tomato sauce and topped with caramelized onions. It’s vegan, it’s cheap to make, it’s super easy to make and it’s effing to die for. And — bonus points [...]
August 26, 2009
Happy Birthday, Sinigang!
When I was a little kid, I used to get so excited when Nanay or Mommy or Tita Pinky made sinigang that I would start singing “Happy Birthday, Sinigang!” in front of the mirror in the bathroom to get myself revved up for my most favorite food in the whole world.
Sinigang really isn’t that special, [...]
August 24, 2009
Very, Very Quickly – A Recipe for Meditteranean Orzo Salad
I went to a Ramadan dinner last Saturday and brought this orzo salad with me. I invited my friend Claire to come with me to celebrate, but she’s a veg. She suggested that I make an orzo salad so she’d have something to eat, ha ha. We bounced some ideas off each other, and this [...]
June 9, 2009
What I Ate For Dinner: Moroccan Chickpeas, Kebab and Couscous
This was a weeknight meal that I was super proud of. I’m going to give you a Twitter-style rundown of the recipe, because typing it out is umm, a bitch.
Kofta: 1 lb. ground beef, 1/2 onion, 1 tbs minced parsley, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, 4 cloves garlic, [...]
April 21, 2009
Czech, Please: Five Days Of Boiled Dumplings In Prague
The restaurants in Prague sure know how to lure the tourists in — offer “traditional” Czech food, and they’ll surely come. The only problem is that Czech food isn’t spectacular to begin with; the food is pretty much medieval (meaning, the food lacks any kind of sophistication and hasn’t evolved in the past 300 years). [...]
