Tastes

Flavors: Spicy Mashed Tomatoes (Tomato Bhorta)

Flavors: Spicy Mashed Tomatoes (Tomato Bhorta)

Bhorta or bharta is a generic term used in Bengal to describe anything that has been ground, pounded or chopped into very small pieces. It is a side dish almost like a relish, which is commonly eaten with rice and lentils.

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Albania’s Resurging Cuisine

Albania’s Resurging Cuisine

After decades of decline under communist rule, food enthusiasts—including brother chef and baker Bledar and Nikolin Kola—are pioneering the return of the country’s traditional dishes. Chefs and other culinary aficionados are drawing on Albania’s 500-plus years of culinary heritage to reinterpret the foods of their ancestors. Their efforts are re-establishing traditions that were feared lost.

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Flavors: Hais (Desert Energy Balls)

Flavors: Hais (Desert Energy Balls)

Al-Baghdadi wrote his hit medieval cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh (Book of Dishes) in 1226 CE at the height of Abbasid sophistication and power. It included this recipe for hais or date sweetmeats.

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Nourishing Hope: A Conversation With Barbara Abdeni Massaad

Nourishing Hope: A Conversation With Barbara Abdeni Massaad

Forever Beirut—a collection of 100 traditional Lebanese dishes, each accompanied by a personal story—is her way of processing her own grief in the wake of the explosion while preserving cherished customs and recipes and helping in recovery efforts. 

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Flavors: Spicy Roasted Cauliflower (Zahra)

Flavors: Spicy Roasted Cauliflower (Zahra)

Ma’aleh is usually deep-fried cauliflower, served in a sandwich with raw vegetables and tarator.
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Flavors: Shir Yakheh Gulab (Rose and Pistachio Ice Cream)

Flavors: Shir Yakheh Gulab (Rose and Pistachio Ice Cream)

During the hot summer months, ice-cream shops, called shir yakh feroshees, would sell an assortment of ice creams and other cold desserts. My sister Fatema remembers going into beautiful little shops after school to buy shir yakh. They were colorful and decoratively tiled and had Bollywood music playing in the background. The shir yakh, with rose and pistachios, is a favorite at Parwana, one of her restaurants.
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Pistachios' History of Graft

Pistachios' History of Graft

Stimulated most recently by nutrition studies and marketing, pistachios are more available worldwide than ever. But today’s efforts are possible only thanks to patient bioengineering some 3,000 years ago.
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Cooking Food For the Body, Mind and Soul: A Conversation With Chef and Restauranteur Asma Khan

Cooking Food For the Body, Mind and Soul: A Conversation With Chef and Restauranteur Asma Khan

Asma Khan introduced her blend of South Asian food to England in 2017 when she founded the Darjeerling Express, a brick-and-mortar restaurant in London that started off as a supper club.
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Flavors: Chicken Kabab Burgers

Flavors: Chicken Kabab Burgers

Like the iconic bun kabab of Karachi in Pakistan or Hyderabad in India, a spicy kabab inside a bun is a popular street food in certain regions of the Indian subcontinent.

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