Combine all ingredients and mix well. Let stand for 3 hours. Excellent with tacos or as a dip for tortilla chips.

Combine fat and flour. Blend well. Add vegetables, salt, and pepper. Knead well. Stuff kishka loosely, like a turkey, only 3/4 inch thick. (Flatten it.) Lay stuffed kishka around in a roasting pan. Add cold salted water to cover. Cover pan and simmer on top of stove about 1 hour. Slice and serve hot. MY […]

One of the best uses of pickle juice is to refill the pickle jar with peeled hard boiled eggs and let them stay in the pickle juice for as long as you can stand to wait. Cauliflower that has been cooked just slightly and added hot to the pickle juice is also good. Pickle juice […]

Cook all ingredients on high covered (100%) for 5 minutes. Stir. Cook uncovered for further 3 minutes. MAKES: 1 3/4 cups

-PICKLE B – 3 c Cucumbers, sliced thinly 1/2 sm Onion, sliced thinly A MIXTURE 2 Red chili peppers, seeded 2 ts Garlic, chopped 2 ts Cilantro root, chopped 2 ts Peppercorns, whole or ground —B MIXTURE— 1/2 c Vinegar 2 tb Soy sauce 1 1/2 ts Sugar 1 tb Cilantro leaves, chopped 1/2 c […]

Drain off exces liquid from the cucumbers & combine with the sugar, vinegar, oil & salt. Crush the zaatar between your fingertips & sprinkle over the cucumbers. Mix well with two forks, then chill. Decorate with olives before serving. *An herb found only in the Mediteranean, similar to marjoram which may be sustituted for it. […]

Fish Paste: Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and reduce to a paste. It should have the consistency of cookie dough. If it is not dry enough, add more cornstarch. Asparagus: Heat the oil to medium in a wok or other deep, heavy vessel. Take 3 or 4 asparagus spears in one […]

Slice the chicory across in thin rings. Divide the endive into leaves & arrange in a salad bowl. Cut the fennel into quarters & then slice each quarter thinly. Mix the fennel & chicory & arrange on the endive leaves. Tear the radicchio into small pieces & place in the bowl. Slice the radishes thinly […]

Preheat oven to 350. Spray gratin pan with oil. Slice onions into 1/4 inch slices. Separate into rings. Toss in gratin pan with above ingredients. Cover with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Stir and recover. Cook 15 more minutes. Stir again and leave uncovered. Cook 15 more minutes. Onions should be brown and caramelized. Maus1

Wash the okra, top and tail, and cut into approximately 1/4″ pieces (or leave whole after topping and tailing if preferred). Fry mustard, coriander and fenugreek seeds in mustard oil for 2-3 minutes (cover the pan or the mustard seeds will leap out all over the kitchen!). Add garlic, onion and ginger; fry gently for […]