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Interview with Faith Gorsky of An Edible Mosaic

February 12, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Our Cookbook Tour project is slowly winding up. It has been so much fun–not to mention delicious–promoting Faith’s An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair. To put the frosting on the cake, so to speak, Faith answered sme questions for me that I thought might be of interest to my readers. Everyone involved in… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookbooks, Middle Eastern dishes, misc, reviews Tagged With: cookbook, international cooking, interview, Middle Eastern

Cook, Eat, Tweet Mujadarra!

January 20, 2013 By Laura 4 Comments

Mujadarra is a classic Middle Eastern dish of rice, lentils and caramelized onions, and it is the definition of comfort food as far as I am concerned. Affiliate links have been used in this post to items I am linking to. Guys! Cook, Eat, Tweet was so much fun! Not to mention delicious! If you… 

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Filed Under: blog events, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, pantry cooking, rice, vegetarian, yogurt Tagged With: caramelized onions, fried egg, Middle Eastern, mujadara, mujadarra, onions, pilaf, rice, spices, vegetarian, yogurt

Cook, Eat & Tweet: #AnEdibleMosaic’s Lentil and Bulgur Pilaf with Caramelized Onion

January 8, 2013 By Laura 2 Comments

I have big news! Do you remember when I told you guys about joining Kitchen Play’s new project, Cookbook Tour? Well, we have an awesome new event going on to support Faith’s book, An Edible Mosaic: Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair, called Cook, Eat and Tweet. Basically those of us involved in the project… 

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Filed Under: blog events, cookbooks, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, reviews, vegetarian, whole grains Tagged With: bulgur, cookbook, event, lentils, mujaddara, onions, twitter

Middle Eastern Scrambled Eggs with Meat and Onion: Review of An Edible Mosaic

December 18, 2012 By Laura 6 Comments

I mentioned a while back that I have joined Kitchen Play’s new program: Cookbook Tour. It is an innovation program aimed at both supporting food blogging cookbook authors and exploring the idea that food bloggers are crucial in promoting cookbooks through reviews and social media. You guys know how I feel about that–I’ve been reviewing… 

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Filed Under: beef, blog events, cookbooks, easily made vegetarian, eggs, ground beef, Middle Eastern dishes, reviews, sauces Tagged With: beef, cookbook review, eggs, garlic, ground beef, Middle Eastern, parsley, pita bread, sauces, scrambled eggs, toumieh

Persian Rice and Beans with Pickled Red Onions and Fried Eggs, Sunny Side Up

October 14, 2012 By Laura 8 Comments

Caramelizing onions for Persian dish

I am becoming more and more obsessed with eggs. Which is weird, because in my previous, not obsessed with eggs life, I did not really even like eggs. Except after a night of too much drinking–then for some reason I craved scrambled eggs. Go figure. But I digress. The point being I never used to… 

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Filed Under: beans, dried fruit, eggs, Middle Eastern dishes, Persian, rice, vegetarian Tagged With: advieh, beans, Chestnut lima, dried Christmas Lima beans, eggs, fried eggs, Iranian, legumes, Persian, rice

Persian Beef Khoresh with Tart Peaches

September 30, 2012 By Laura 14 Comments

Browned peaches for Persian Beef Khoresh

The lack of braised dishes is the single worst thing about summer (from a food perspective). Sometimes I give in and braise overnight, but for the most part I avoid braised dishes in the summer, both because they make the kitchen hot and also because they tend to be heavier, heartier dishes. But the kids… 

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Filed Under: beef, beef chuck, beef stew, fruit, lime, Middle Eastern dishes, peaches, Persian, Spice Blends Tagged With: advieh, beef, beef chuck, braise, dried lime, Iranian, lime, peaches, Persian, pot roast, sour, stew, tart

Lentil and Bulghur Soup with Minted Garlic Olive Oil Butter and Camp Memories

May 17, 2012 By Laura 5 Comments

lentil soup pantry ingredients

Camp has been a big topic of discussion in my house lately.  First, it is the time of year when we choose a week-long day camp for the girls. Second, Alex just read a chapter book in which the protagonist twins spend 5 weeks at a summer camp, so she is interested in all things… 

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Filed Under: easily made vegetarian, lentils, Middle Eastern dishes, misc, pantry cooking, soup, tomatoes, whole grains Tagged With: black beluga lentils, bulghur, garlic, lentils, Middle Eastern, mint, soup

Persian Gulf Split Pea Soup with Rice & Mint

May 16, 2011 By Laura 5 Comments

So what is Mother Nature doing where you are?  Is it as weird and crazy there?  Temperatures all over the place, nonstop rain and storms, flooding, weird random sunshine when you least expect it (and probably cannot take advantage of it anyway if you have a traditional weekday job)… 

Filed Under: carrots, Creek in Ohio, curry powder, lentils, lime, Middle Eastern dishes, Persian, rice, soup, split peas, vegetarian Tagged With: curry, lentils, Mideast, mint, onions, Persian Gulf, rice, split peas

Hummus & Roasted Red Pepper Feta Dip

January 18, 2010 By Laura 8 Comments

Middle Eastern dips with pita chips

If 2009 was the Year of Indian Food (and I think it was–I definitely spent this past year learning oodles about Indian food, not that I am done yet), I predict 2010 will be the Year of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean Food. We just cannot get enough of it lately. First I made those pita wraps. Then… 

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Filed Under: chickpeas, Dips, Middle Eastern dishes, tahini

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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