Monthly Archives: January 2011

Stuffed greens with lamb chops

Tweet This dish would be considered an event in a Lebanese household. Served with a bowl of yogurt and some lamb chops it is a meal fit for royalty or your most favorite people. One word about the greens. In Lebanese cuisine, swiss chard is always used interchangeably with grape leaves; the reason is that [...]
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Egyptian Foul Mudammas (with poached eggs)

Tweet With this national  Egyptian dish, foul mudammas, I am expressing my solidarity with the long-suffering people of Egypt and wishing them courage and fortitude. Foul (pronounced fool) is Egypt‘s food of the common folk, prepared by street vendors who cook it in huge cauldrons overnight until it becomes meltingly tender. Foul is the Arabic [...]
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Lamb chops on polenta

Tweet I don’t know about you, but my tastes are fairly straightforward when it comes to food. Take these lamb chops, grill or pan-fry them and serve them with any starch (polenta today) and there you go. What do you think? Should we fancy things up a bit? So, the only thing needed here is [...]
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