I decided to make labne cheese on a whim the other day, and while I’m pretty sure this isn’t the exact recipe, what I concocted was mighty good. Labne is a strained yogurt cheese recipe from Lebanon and is really good on toasted pita bread. 1/2 container of 0 percent Fage Greek yogurt salt to [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Snacks’
July 19, 2009
Egyptian Street Food Extravaaagannzaaa! My Favorite? TORSHI!
Here’s a little photo essay with captions of all my favorite street food in Egypt. I made a mental checklist of all the things I wanted to eat in Egypt and made sure that I got to all of them…for the blog, ya know?
April 21, 2009
I Was Just Eating Merguez, And Then I Magically Saw A Recipe For It In The New York Times!
Ah, I can’t believe it — I literally JUST ate a merguez sausage dish at one of my favorite DC hangouts, Soussi, and THEN, I saw a recipe for making merguez the next day in the food section of the New York Times. Merguez, by the way, is a kind of Moroccan beef sausage.
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). [...]
March 22, 2008
Kinda Gross But I Swear It’s Good: Kimchi Sushi
Two days ago I was so starving that i took a piece of nori (sushi seaweed), dumped cold rice on top of it, laid on a bunch of kimchi on top and rolled it up. I literally ate it in 30 seconds, it was that good. If there was a piece of Spam in it, [...]
January 21, 2008
Pros and Cons of Having Snacks at a College Party
Every time we have a college party, I always stress how important it is to have snacks for the guests. So I made a little pros and cons list for you in case you’ve been on the fence about it. PROS:-Guests won’t look through your pantry and sneak handfuls of Cheerios-Who doesn’t love snacks?-People won’t [...]
January 17, 2008
Guacamole Secret: REVEALED!
My mom’s Mexican boyfriend, Daniel “makes the best guacamole in the world.” I put this in quotes because my mom always says this to me every time she comes home with a Tupperware of his guac. Well, the thing is, it’s absolutely true. His secret is a little splash of ice cold cerveza. I don’t [...]
