With August coming to a close, I realized recently that I had yet to make a batch of sangría at all this spring or summer, which is very out of character for me and something I had to rectify immediately. Our building was having a get-together–the first that we’ve had in probably two years now–and…
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Jerusalem Mixed Grill from Israeli Soul, a spiced mélange of chicken thighs, chicken hearts, and chicken livers.
One of the reasons why I love both Zahav and Israeli Soul so much is that Michael Solomonov makes a compelling case for adding a plethora of spices to your kitchen. You need these in order to make the dishes in these books, but what’s helpful is that these spices are used again and again…
Hummus kawarma from Jerusalem: A Cookbook and checking in.
Given everything that’s going on in my newly-adopted city, it feels frivolous to post about food and recipes as if everything is awesome which is why I’ve been a bit quiet around here. It’s definitely been a surreal few days, from meeting Bryan Voltaggio and getting his latest cookbook at the Orioles game on Saturday…
Summer-into-fall cocktails: La Tasqueta de Caldes’s autumnal gintònic
Like I had predicted a few weeks ago, our trip included many a good gintonic, especially when we were on the beach in Caldetes. While the lion’s share of them were traditional—served in giant balloon stemware and garnished with a hefty lemon peel—the creative minds at La Tasqueta de Caldes had to be the ones…
04.16.11: dinner (Rostit de Festa Mayor and the first of many Clásicos in the next two weeks)
Four FC Barcelona/Real Madrid matches in eighteen days: it’s enough to make the most ardent Spanish football fan both excited and terrified at the same time, because so much can happen in one game, much less four. It’s hard in America to find something to relate this phenomenon to, and the best I can offer…
The Manhattan [food] Project 