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Tag Archives: Chicken
Fragrant Lebanese Chicken Soup Recipe
I know this is a food blog and that I’m a food person and that we all agree on how much we love to cook and eat. But I’ve got to admit: I haven’t been feeling great lately, and it … Continue reading
Ingredient: Mirepoix
Ground work must be laid, a foundation, before any house can be built. In the kitchen, the flavor foundation for so many dishes is found in the French mirepoix (meer-pwah), the holy trinity of aromatics: onion, carrot, and celery. Broths, … Continue reading
Serious Garlic Sauce, or Toum
The first time I had ever heard of toum—the crazy good, strong garlic sauce that is a ubiquitous Middle Eastern condiment for kebabs and other barbecued meats—was just a few years ago. I had recently met my friend Janet, a … Continue reading
Taking stock (chicken, that is)
When I stepped through the doors of Tante Marie’s Cooking School to begin the full-time culinary program in the fall of 2010, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first order of business was to suit up. That meant changing … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged Chicken, Family, Harbor Springs, Lebanese, Michigan, stock
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Lebanese Hushwe, and from the kitchen, a family farewell for my father
The Lebanese cook their grief. Illness and death call the Lebanese to their kitchens, to their lists on the fridge, to their huge pots and pans that they can lean on, sighing, stirring, spicing, clicking their tongues over the need … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged Chicken, Family, Hushwe, Hushwee, Lebanese, Michigan, Nuts, Rice
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Technique: How to roast chicken for Lebanese hushwe
We’re cooking something very special this week here on Main Street, and hopefully in your kitchen too. Hushwe is the ultimate Lebanese comfort food. A cinnamon-scented rice pilaf with beef, chicken, and nuts, hushwe packs a punch on the nutrition … Continue reading
Toasted Bulghur with Poached Chicken; a recipe to get you through the night
As long as you are with me as I walk down memory lane like I did last week with Dimitri’s rice pudding, let’s head to the other side of town, East Lansing, where I spent two years at Michigan State … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged bulghur, Chicken, Cinnamon, Family, Labne, Lebanese, Michigan, yogurt
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