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Mezze & Small Plates
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Comfort with a mezze soul: spiced nuts, built on caramelized aromatics and a slow, steady simmer.
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Bright, herb-forward mafaldine with Olives and Capers that proves pasta cooking is about restraint, not shortc...
French Provincial
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Simple Provencal Tomatoes with Olives and Capers -- the kind of french dish that tastes like it took all day b...
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Skillet Chicken Skewers, the way the fire coast does it, with Roasted Peppers -- generous, unfussy, and made f...
French Provincial
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Citrus-Marinated Gratin Dauphinois -- the kind of french dish that tastes like it took all day but does not.
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Bright, herb-forward zucchini fritters that proves mediterranean cooking is about restraint, not shortcuts.
Fire & Grill
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Baked Grilled Corn with Roasted Peppers -- a fire plate that comes together in about 67 minutes with pantry st...
Mezze & Small Plates
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This whipped ricotta in White Wine leans on good olive oil, bright acid, and fresh herbs -- simple ingredients...
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Our pasta kitchen turns pappardelle into something special, with Za'atar, ready in roughly 75 minutes start to...
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Golden Kibbeh with Feta and Dill
84 min · Advanced · 4.8 stars 02
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Toasted Baklava
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Spinach Pie with Feta and Dill
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Rustic Bastilla with Sea Salt and Thyme
64 min · Medium · 4.9 stars 05
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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....