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, 17 May 2010

Persian cooking class 2: Nan-cheese-herbs, fesenjan & rose jam

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I was super excited about my most recent Persian cooking class , as it was fesenjaan again! After my success with Najmieh Batmanglij's ...
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Bonito bowl with Japanese aromatics and chilled miso soup with summer vegetables

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This is a recipe I learned around this time last year at the Japanese cooking classes I was taking at ABC Cooking Studio . It's a blow-y...
Friday, 23 April 2010

Persian cooking class!

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A serendipitous series of events led me to discover that a Persian cooking class is being held right here in Tokyo! And even more exciting, ...
Sunday, 18 April 2010

Diana Henry's lamb and orange khoresh

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When I wrote about Margaret Shaida's Orange khoresh back in January, I knew I would have to revisit the version in Diana Henry's Cr...
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...
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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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