mediterranean

  • Quinoa Tabbouleh

    I already have my tabbouleh story from 2006 in this blog, so won’t bore you with that. We’re mostly gluten-free now, so I thought I’d post an updated recipe using quinoa. I didn’t mean to grow so much parsley this… Continue reading

    Quinoa Tabbouleh

  • Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Fresh Figs

    Was getting a bit tired of our usual veggie salads, and needed more vegetarian ideas, specifically those with more of a Mediterranean bent, so I got me Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem cookbook. I cannot wait to try ALL the recipes. Okay,… Continue reading

  • Lakror: An Albanian Meat Pie

    Gezuar vitin e ri 2006!! Albanian cuisine is typical of the Balkans, and similar to other Mediterranean cuisines. Albania was under Turkish subjugation for almost 500 years, so their cuisine shows a lot of Turkish influence. Because of proximity, however,… Continue reading

    Lakror: An Albanian Meat Pie