Of all the grains in the world, rice might be my favorite: it makes great flour, freshly-cooked rice is welcome in everything from pilafs to grape leaves, leftover rice is perfect in savory casseroles as well as sweet puddings, and even in the U.S., there are dozens of varieties of rice on our grocery store [...]
Have you ever thought about the classic burger “periodic table”? You know: your burger, your bun, your pickles, tomatoes, cheese, mustard, lettuce, and ketchup. If you deconstruct the ingredients, you wind up with the Holy Burger Trinity of tomatoes, cheese, and pickles. (Ketchup and tomatoes are redundant, especially if you have juicy, fresh tomatoes, and [...]
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While many cultures have a “little bites” tradition — Middle Eastern mezze, Russian zakuski, Italian antipasto — it seems like the Spaniards are the most passionate about theirs. Tapas bars are everywhere you look in Spain, and diners are just as likely to make a full meal of tapas as they are to sit down [...]
I’m sure you’ve had pizza a thousand times…and lasagne another thousand times…and you’ve probably sampled everything else on the menu at your favorite Italian restaurant…but have you ever had real mozzarella?
I finally did last week. Turns out that real mozzarella goes far, far beyond a ball of fresh cheese in whey (the cloudy liquid part). [...]
Halloumi cheese makes one of tastiest salads you’ll ever find on your plate–it’s salty, tangy, and the perfect foil for fresh fruits and vegetables. Like kasseri cheese–you may have come across that amidst leaping flames and a waiter shouting “Opa!”–halloumi is best consumed fried. Made of goat and sheep cheese and occasionally seasoned with mint, [...]
Healthy substitutions strike again, this time in the name of one of America’s favorite comfort foods! I’ve reduced the amount of saturated fat in this recipe by using sharper-tasting Feta and naturally-lower-in-fat mozzarella in place of the traditional Cheddar. I will warn you, however, that this tastes quite a bit different than the [...]
