From Faith — The world is crazy. We need the balm of comfort food — a baked potato, hit with olive oil and salt before you toss it in the oven — makes the best quick dinner on the planet. Split the potato open, add butter, your favorite grated cheese and chopped chives – wow! […]
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Grilled Chicken with Za’atar
Za’atar is a Middle Eastern spice that has a reputation as a brain enhancer, according to cookbook author Rebecca Katz. It’s an aromatic blend of thyme, sesame seeds, sumac, oregano, and marjoram that adds an incredible depth to this dish. Add it to most anything for an exotic flare—vegetables, salads, fish. You name it. If you’re […]
Where to Buy a Great Ham
If ham’s on your Easter menu, we have three suggestions for you if you’d like to move beyond the standard supermarket fare: Monte’s Ham of Bridgehampton New York… Nodine’s of Goshen, Connecticut… Footsteps Farm, North Stonington, Connecticut.
Lemon Marmalade from Heaven
It makes me happy to see Middle Eastern food products on the shelves at specialty food markets, but there’s a special one to watch for—Lemon Marmalade made by Les Moulins Mahjoub, a family estate in Tunisia, imported in the U.S. by The Rogers Collection. The ingredient label is short: Tunisian lemons, sugar. (Tunisian lemons have […]
Getting Around the Skyrocketing Cost of Limes
If you’ve had sticker shock at the supermarket check-out, limes in hand, you’re not alone. At most major food stores, a single lime is a dollar or more. Last year, a box of 200 limes could be purchased from distributors for about $15. This year, the same box is priced at anywhere from $80 to […]
Chicken, Veal or Lamb Chops with Persian Pesto
When this recipe was placed here on The Food Schmooze site, the Mexican drug cartels were playing politics with lime prices, making lime prices skyrocket. That’s why we were delighted to find such a fabulous Persian recipe calling for dried lime or lemon powder instead of fresh limes. You can get this online, of course, […]
