by jpachence | Aug 30, 2022 | Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES
We love our grill. And we love shawarma. So, can we make a good (almost) shawarma at home, without too much effort? It turns out that we can get really close to the shawarma we’ve experienced in big cities. Shawarma is a popular dish originating from the...
by jpachence | Jun 17, 2022 | Grill, Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES
Halloumi – have you heard about this cheese that doesn’t melt? It’s actually a bit magical, in a way. It doesn’t taste like much when raw (in fact, it’s a bit rubbery and salty). When cooked, it has a browned, crusty exterior, a soft,...
by jpachence | Jun 10, 2022 | Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES
We love to try burgers using all sorts of ingredients – meat (bison, ostrich, duck), fish, veggies – and one of our favorites is lamb. We come across ground lamb often, and it is typically priced at a deep discount to lamb chops or leg of lamb. Our recipe is a riff...
by jpachence | Dec 28, 2021 | Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES, Vegetarian Recipes
This Easy Calabrian Pasta recipe is a bit unique – a one-pot recipe for both cooking the pasta and the sauce. What is so cool about this method (besides one less pot to clean) is that a creamy consistency is created because the starchy pasta water is already...
by jpachence | Jul 19, 2021 | Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES
Paella – what’s not to love. It’s usually a dish that has to wait for a weekend with nothing to do but work through all the steps to make a proper batch. Then we saw a version on Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street – one of our favorite...
by jpachence | Jan 3, 2021 | Grill, Healthy Gourmet with Serious Foodie, Mediterranean Recipes, RECIPES, Serious Foodie North African Rub, TSF Spice Rubs
The spice blends of Northern Africa have components with origins from the Asian spice trail (the “Silk Road”), which flourished across the oceans from 130BC right through to the 15th century. The overland route of the Silk Road still saw plenty of spices...
