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This garlic mushrooms with Basil Oil leans on good olive oil, bright acid, and fresh herbs -- simple ingredien...
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A rustic take on lentil salad. Expect deep, savory flavor from a short list of honest ingredients.
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Cardamom Semolina Halva -- a sweets plate that comes together in about 22 minutes with pantry staples and a co...
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A garden favorite: watermelon feta, cooked low and slow so every layer of flavor has time to settle.
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Weeknight-friendly chickpea flatbread with a mediterranean accent, with Preserved Lemon, finished with a squee...
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A moroccan favorite: msemen with Chickpeas, cooked low and slow so every layer of flavor has time to settle.
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Bright, herb-forward chicken kebab with Roasted Peppers that proves greek cooking is about restraint, not shor...
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Our breakfast kitchen turns spinach eggs into something special, in White Wine, ready in roughly 83 minutes st...
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Chargrilled Grilled Halloumi -- the kind of mediterranean dish that tastes like it took all day but does not.
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A rustic take on gemelli. Expect deep, savory flavor from a short list of honest ingredients.
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Chargrilled Pisto with Preserved Lemon
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Pantry
Building a Mediterranean Pantry From Scratch
A short list of oils, tinned fish, legumes, and spices turns weeknight cooking from a chore into a fifteen-minute pleasu...
Ingredients
Why We Cook With Olive Oil, and How to Buy It
The single most important ingredient in this kitchen is also the most misunderstood. A guide to reading a label and gett...
Technique
The Art of Mezze: How to Build a Table of Small Plates
Mezze is less a recipe than a philosophy: many small, generous dishes, a slow pace, and a table designed for lingering....