Saffron and Lemons

An epicurean Aladdin's cave, this blog is an eclectic mix of food from the Middle East, Africa and other destinations of an adventurous homecook with incurable culinary wanderlust.

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Harumi's autumnal Japan 3: Spinachi and shimeji shiroae

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Here's another of Kurihara Harumi's autumn delights from Haru-mi magazine. It is a kind of spinach and fungi salad dressed with tof...

Harumi's autumnal Japan 2: Hearty shiitake and ginger broth

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Continuing with selections from Haru-mi magazine, here is a hearty shiitake mushroom and ginger broth with the surprising addition of minc...

Harumi's autumnal Japan 1: Gingered pork

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I had some spare time when the Young Man was otherwise occupied and had a wander to the many local bookshops to find a seasonal Japanese ...
Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Djaj bil karmous wal joz: Moroccan tagine of chicken, figs and walnuts

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Always luscious, well herbed and spiced, and often, though not here, featuring my beloved lemon, Moroccan food is an all-time favourite at t...

Chef Wan's Malaysian prawn and noodle salad

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Though he'd not been on my radar before then, Rick Stein was suddenly everywhere this summer. This recipe is from an excerpt from Rick S...
Thursday, 1 October 2009

Rick Stein's Bangladeshi eggplant curry with tomatoes, ginger and fennel seeds

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It's been a while between posts. Sorry to anyone who's opened up to the not-so-photogenic noodles below these last 2 months. It'...
Monday, 28 September 2009

Kabaklama: Turkish autumn lamb stew with pumpkin, lemon and mint

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Here is a wonderfully rich and savoury stew from Paula Wolfert's The Cooking of the Eastern Mediterranean . A look at the ingredients li...
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Saffron
Yokohama, Japan
Sometime in the late 1990s, a friend visiting from Australia brought me a jar of preserved lemons. I'd never heard of them, so they stared out dolefully from the fridge for a year until a desperate Net search for what to do with the things opened the gateway to a world of cooking. That is how exotic scents of the world began to emanate from one shoebox-sized kitchen in downtown Yokohama. These blogs are for N who brought me salty lemons, for G who thinks I should write a cookbook instead of reading them, and for Zanmei, who suggested blogging to begin with.
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