Kitchen Epiphanies

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Jordan

Crispy Potato Pancakes — a New Twist on an Old Classic

In our household, December meals are not usually vegetarian. But this year I included a dinner of Crispy Potato Pancakes with roasted carrots, labneh, and hot honey, inspired by Samin Nosrat’s recent podcast of Home Cooking, where she answered a question from a listener seeking advice on how to use four gallons of honey. Samin, a honey enthusiast, excitedly […]

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Mushroom Shawarma

I recently added this Mushroom Shawarma to my collection of vegetarian recipes.  Raised a carnivore, I have prepared several meatless meals a week, acknowledging that reducing meat consumption has health benefits. For years, vegetarian meals at our home were assorted quiches or lasagnas. In recent years, I looked east to the recipes of Indian, Thai

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Musakhan — Sumac-Spiced Chicken with Onions on Taboon Bread

I discovered Musakhan — Sumac-Spiced Chicken with Onions on Taboon Bread– several years ago when I was preparing for a family trip to Jordan.  I often make lists of sights to visit and foods to try before traveling and the adjectives describing Jordanian food – festive, peasant, rich, rustic, simple, meltingly tender, lemony, zesty, scrumptious,

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