This half Persian household always seems to have a few blocks of Bulgarian or French feta cheese in the refrigerator at various stages of their culinary ‘lifetimes’. Feta is actually a breakfast food for Iranians. Quite delicious with a piece of warm sangak flat-bread and sweet cardamom infused tea. Although it isn’t really what anyone […]

Still seeking to rid my freezer of orphaned ingredients, (the “theme” for my last dinner party,) this easy green salad, a favorite amongst my friends, popped into my mind. Perfect for barbecues, potlucks, buffets, or whatever. This time of year I’m getting bombarded with basil. I love throwing the leaves into a salad or using […]

“Salad days”. The expression intends to evoke early times when we were young, inexperienced, and perhaps just a little bit innocent. We were those things once, right? These days I can’t hear the expression without remembering Mr. Howard, my English Lit professor, waxing poetic for a full 20 minutes on the expression –first coined by […]

I love it when the simplest things make a disproportionate impression. If this combination of foods sounds a bit bizarre to you please put aside your skepticism and try this one. At the barbecue I threw last week this dish was the last one tried by everybody and yet it was the only empty bowl […]

I know it seems like I am a shill for Evernote.com but, if I may be a bit hyperbolic, I really can’t imagine life without it now. As a maven, I really do think it is my duty to connect you to useful software when I find it and this my friends, is it. Definitely […]