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.

Monday, 22 March 2010

Aash-e reshteh: Ottolenghi's take on the Persian soup

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Happy Persian New Year! It's No Ruz again and that means aash-e reshteh (Iranian noodle soup) at the Saffron household. A couple of wee...
Sunday, 7 March 2010

Kotmis Garo: Georgian chicken with garlic and walnut sauce

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I've been meaning to delve further into Georgian cooking for ages. The cuisine's tart, herby and garlicky tastes are like a red rag ...
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Thursday, 4 March 2010

Fried potatoes with paprika and mint

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I was in a bind. I'd not done the weekly grocery shop as fridge space and time was at a premium getting ready for my big party. I litera...
Sunday, 28 February 2010

Najmieh Batmanglij's chicken fesenjaan

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It's been a while since my birthday party, but I've promised a my dear friend Zanmei in Iraq to post the recipe for fesenjaan , that...

Ottolenghi's eggplant kuku

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Photo courtesy of my dear friend Malaka at Aloha Mahalo I've been meaning to give kuku , the Iranian filled omlette/frittata, a go for ...

A 40th birthday celebration

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I celebrated my Big 4-0 in February and had the best time cooking up a storm to feed my guests. As often happens given the month, there wer...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

One-pan Spanish chicken bake

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I am always on the lookout for recipes that don't take too long to make on busy Saturdays when the weekly house clean and grocery shop t...
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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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