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...commercial labels are internationally renowned. For a recent dinner of frogs legs, thick yogurt, and saut?ed liver, Ramzi invited a TIME correspondent to drink a Massaya classic red, not one of his fanciest, but one that best reflects the region, with a peppery taste and smells of mint and thyme. The humble cinsualt grape he uses doesn't have a strong personality of its own, but absorbs the surrounding environment like a sponge. Much like Lebanon itself...
...slight, lovely woman, although for foodies and fellow chefs, her most alluring feature may be her hands, which are muscular, perdurable, earthy--the hands of a woman who can butcher a side of pig as easily as she can pluck the leaves from a gossamer sprig of thyme. Recently Vogue called her "the culinary world's answer to Audrey Hepburn." I would say she's more Katharine Hepburn, but the point is that both chefs project a sense that you can have your cake and hide it too. But how? Do they not eat their own food...
...dried pasilla mexicano chilis 3 tsp. lard (or olive oil) 1/4 cup almonds 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup shelled pecans 1/4 cup shelled peanuts 4 slices of egg bread or other semi-sweet bread, torn into pieces 1/4 cup sesame seeds 1/3 tsp thyme 1/3 tsp marjoram 1/3 tsp oregano 4 avocado leaves 2 cinnamon sticks 1/8 tsp anise 3 whole cloves 1/8 tsp cumin 3 whole black peppercorns 1 tomato, roasted 3 tomatillos, roasted 3 cloves of peeled garlic, roasted 1/2 medium peeled onion, roasted 4 cups of chicken broth (from the chicken recipe...
...minutes. Set aside. Next, fry the dried bread pieces on both sides for about 2 minutes in the remaining oil or lard. Next, fry the sesame seeds until they obtain a deep brown color. (Add salt to prevent the seeds from splattering out.) Remove seeds and saut? the thyme, marjoram, oregano, cinnamon, avocado leaves, cloves and black peppercorns for 1 minute. 4. Roast the tomatoes, tomatillos and peeled onion and garlic in a heavy, open skillet on high. Do not use oil. (If you have a roasting rack that can be placed over a gas range, that will work well...
...Cook Everything, spent six years in 44 countries searching for the 1,000 international dishes that were perfectly au point. His finds highlight such local flavors as salads from Turkey (bulgur and tomato with nuts) and Scandinavia (beets with horseradish) and lamb dishes from Greece (leg with thyme and orange), India (marinated lamb "Popsicles" with fenugreek cream sauce) and the Middle East (lamb burgers). The recipes are concise and inspiring and manage to make the sometimes exotic seem familiar...