Tag Archives | Mediterranean

Visual

Close your eyes and picture this…poached chicken breast, roasted cauliflower, mashed potatoes…got it? Appetizing? Not really…look again, it’s an all white meal. Our pupils dilate when we see someone we love. It’s a physiological, uncontrollable response. Do we have the same response with food? I think so.We experience food with all of our senses and [...]

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Middle Eastern Burger

My college boyfriend was from Pasadena, and when we were in L.A. on weekends, I would spend time at his house cooking with his mom who was half Lebanese. From Mrs. M., I learned how to make tabbouleh, tzatziki, hummus, work with phyllo dough, make baklava and something called kibbeh nayyah. Kibbeh nayyah is ground, [...]

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