This upcoming weekend is father’s day, and Baba Ganoush, in the original Arabic, means “Pampered Papa.” This is for all of you dads out there. If there is one thing that I have come to terms with over the years – it is that I am extremely frugal in the kitchen. I hate to put…
Fried Onigiri (rice balls)
Rice balls in Japan are called onigiri, and they usually contain cooked rice and some flavoring, meat or vegetables. After a trip to an Italian restaurant that served an Italian version of these, I got the idea of making fried Japanese rice balls. Both my wife and I loved these, though they’re not the most…
Madhur Jaffrey’s Tomato Chutney
The English did both good and bad during their occupation of India as a colony. It is unclear what their legacy is. Certainly Indians have acquired cricket as their own and, in short forms of the game, are now the masters. More important, Indian cuisine is one of the world’s greatest. It is also the…