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Warm Polenta and Chick Pea Salad

Moving house takes it out of you, but in the six weeks that have passed since we saw our now-home for the first time, we’ve accomplished a lot.  Those accomplishments have not been culinary!  Thanks to the kindness of friends and neighbors we have enjoyed many a meal as guests and I have been out of the kitchen a little more than usual.  When we have been home, dinner has [...]

21 May, 2012 // By : // 5 Comments

How to Make Authentic Hummus

For the record, I can’t stand most store-purchased hummus with Trader Joe’s being a notable exception.  I take my hummus recipe seriously.  Five and a half years in Israel will do that to you, especially when you work down the block from a chummusiah, a niche restaurant that specializes in hummus.  You can get hummus with mushrooms, hummus with beef, hummus with felafel, hummus with fries, you name it – hummus is [...]

10 May, 2012 // By : // 10 Comments