Posted in Eating Local, Everyday Cooking, Just Hungry, Useful Flavorings and Relishes, tagged fresh garlic, garlic butter, garlic soup, infused oil, za'atar on March 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The weather’s cool and we’re having late rainfall, but spring must have arrived in Israel. There’s green garlic in the shuk.
Usually by this time the shuk is overflowing with garlic
- woven into braids
- or just stacked in piles for discriminating shoppers.
But it was only today that I saw the first tender, purple-streaked bulbs. I’ll wait [...]
Posted in Just Hungry, tagged Bread, cornbread, pita, pretzels, za'atar on September 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
An assortment of breads flavored with za’atar caught my eye as I passed by a bakery this morning. Knowing that Daughter would love me more if I were to bring some home, I bought three kinds. Here they are.
But let’s leave za’atar alone for a while. My favorite quick bread is old-fashioned American cornbread. If [...]
Posted in Just Hungry, What's Cooking for Shabbos and Yom Tov, tagged garlic, Middle-Eastern spice mix, sesame, spice, za'atar, za'atar recipe on September 12, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I like to set out a few small, interesting dishes on the Shabbat table. Vari-colored olives, a few pickled cherries, a tablespoon or two of chutney, and always, za’atar. The dish is named after the herb za’atar (Majorana syriaca). When the herb is mixed with an equal amount of toasted sesame seeds, seasonings and olive [...]
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