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Martha, Mom and Me: Spatchcocked Chicken
Laced with saffron and smothered in homemade ghee, mom and I return to Martha’s Persian Gulf inspired menus this week with “Spatchcocked Saffron Chicken.” Inspired by cooking chicken over an open fire with heated stones, this recipe calls for removing the spine of the chicken in order to lay it flat, or spatchcocking it. By … Continue reading Martha, Mom and Me: Spatchcocked Chicken
Martha, Mom, and Me: Arabian Pot Pies
Apron tied and kitchen counters wiped down, mom pulled up the first recipe essential to most Middle Eastern cooking – ghee. Ghee originates in the Indian subcontinent, but versions of this clarified butter are found throughout traditional cooking in the subcontinent, the Arabian Peninsula, and across north and east Africa. We followed a simple recipe … Continue reading Martha, Mom, and Me: Arabian Pot Pies
Argentinian Adventure XXI-XXII
Day 43-44, 12-13FEB2017 Travel by Bus. Check out this morning from our AirBnB was at 1100, so after packing all our stuff we stored our bags in a closet under the staircase and set out for one last lunch in Bariloche. In truth our walk down into town had several purposes. Today we embarked on … Continue reading Argentinian Adventure XXI-XXII
Argentinian Adventure XX
Day 42, 11FEB2017 The Mountain That Made Us Feel Ancient. Ancient to our bones, each and every muscle and ligament was worked today, and most of all our mental capacity was stressed as we overcame what we thought at several times was going to be just too much. But the three of us, Alex, Josh … Continue reading Argentinian Adventure XX
The Globe Trekker's Cookbook 