This recipe comes from Derya Singhsumalee, a former teacher colleague of mine who is such a fun and interesting person. She is very well-traveled, is of Turkish ethnicity and married to a man from a Thai Muslim family. In the...
If you've ever been to an Indian restaurant that has a clay oven, you may have tried their tandoori. It's typically made by adding the meat (usually chicken) to a very, very hot tandoor oven. They also make bread...
Summertime is the best time to have kebobs- out on the grill, finally! Although here, it's been a very rainy season plus with Ramadan falling in summer this year, it's been a little difficult to get out on the...
I guess this Ramadan proves that I'm drawn to Mediterranean and North African food as my go-to cuisine for the month. Not sure why, exactly, but it has so many bonuses, so why not? The mixture of sweet and savory,...
It's been a hot, steamy summer around Chicago- lots of rain, lots of heat. If you wouldn't know it, you might think we're sitting in the middle of the tropics. And that's what makes me think of drinks with...
There are so many delicious recipes coming out of the North African country of Morocco and when I was there in the mid 90's, I wasn't able to try it because I was there for only a few short...
I wasn't sure how I was going to post this recipe during the summer since everyone wants a good BBQ recipe that actually uses a grill, but here I was preparing an oven-baked BBQ chicken recipe because that's what...
I have been waiting to make this salad since the winter time. Watermelon is my favorite fruit, mainly because it hydrates the body as you eat it, perfect to eat during non-fasting hours in Ramadan, so during this time I eat...
I have loved dates for a very long time. I do think they're one of the world's best food, and completely more versatile than they're often understood to be. They're not just for desserts, as in the recipe I'm about...
If you've never tasted keema, or that wonderfully spiced Indian-style ground beef, you're totally missing out on some great flavor. Surely every family makes it a little different- even I have a few different versions, but for samosas I...
