by Brian | Oct 22, 2019 | Recipes
The Turkish Navy has a modest composition: 12 subs, 16 frigates, 10 corvettes, and 18 fast attack craft [think big PT boasts]. No battleships. No aircraft carriers. Still, in the Turkish culinary world, there are a lot of boats. A favorite street food is pide,...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
There are two aspects the “old” part of this TBT recipe. First, the recipe itself is from Bon Appetit in 2013. And the photo was taken in 2015 at the gigantic farmers market shed outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. If you are ever in the Raleigh area, this...
by Brian | Jan 8, 2019 | Recipes
That picture is from the restaurant Buatta in Palermo. We ate there last year and truly enjoyed their version of caponata, the sweet-and-sour eggplant dish that is the trademark of Sicily. Every restaurant and every home has their own caponata recipe. We were...
by Brian | Apr 21, 2018 | Recipes
We just enjoyed nine days in Italy, eight in Sicily and one in Milan [we broke up the trip home over two days and walked Milan for 20 hours!]. This was our first trip to Sicily and this dish was ubiquitous. You have water, you have bread, you have caponata. It’s a...
by Brian | Apr 16, 2018 | Recipes
Suzi and I are working our way through the spicy The Indian Cooking Course by Monisha Bharadwaj. It is an important book, the ideal vehicle for learning the intricate and delicate techniques of Indian cuisine. This will surprise you but, technically, eggplants are...