The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious. When I found out about this month’s challenge, I wasn’t sure what to think. First I was [...]
http://themartinblog.com/food/2010/10/27/daring-bakers-challenege-doughnuts/
The prized family Arabic bread recipe I’ve been wanting to post since the day this blog started! It’s finally here, so enjoy.
http://themartinblog.com/food/2010/09/30/arabic-pita-bread/
When it comes to Arabic food, there’s one main ingredient that’s pretty consistent in most dishes — rice. In the old days, it was probably (don’t quote me on this) used as a way to make a small amount of food go farther — just like pasta for Italians — but today it’s just an [...]
http://themartinblog.com/food/2010/02/24/ruz-al-loubi/
While we were in Colorado over Christmas, Billy’s grandma invited everyone over for an Arabic feast. It was one of the highlights of our trip, but for me the best part was getting to taste the real version of all the things we’ve cooked at home. As much as I love Billy’s cooking, nothing will [...]
http://themartinblog.com/food/2010/01/29/chicken-rice-and-cauliflower/
It’s been a while since I posed about Arabic food (actually, it’s been a while since we made Arabic food), so I thought I’d share something before we get rolling on all the Christmas goodies (yay!). Mugrabidi is a sort of soupy dish with tiny pasta, garbanzo beans and chicken. This is a perfect dish [...]
http://themartinblog.com/food/2009/12/18/mugrabidi/
