In North Africa salads of all kinds are a favorite dish, served as part of a meze table, called qimiyya in Algeria, or as an accompaniment to grilled meats. This recipe from Algeria is simply called salāṭat bisbas, fennel salad. Although I love raw fennel which makes both a great dipping implement and sliced thin for […]
Colorful Summer Salads Make the Most of Heirlooms
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Think of the platter as a palette, and your vegetables as swaths of paint that fill in the color of the canvas. This is what every August provides as our tomato plants and other garden vegetables are going crazy and this means we should be thinking colorful salads. This is both an appetizing and beautiful […]
How They Make Anchovies in France’s Languedoc
November 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Provence in the south of France has certainly gotten all the glory with its jet-setter reputation. After all it has the Riviera with Monte Carlo, St. Tropez and Cannes while its neighbor to the southwest Languedoc seems like a distant cousin. Most people probably can’t name any place in Languedoc. However, Languedoc offers some delights […]
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