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Lamb Kapama

This is a dish I first had at Cava Mezze where it is absolutely to die for; it is also pretty good at Plaka Grill. Recipe-googling produced quite a few variations on the basic idea (lamb stewed in a rich tomato sauce) but I wanted it like I’d had it in the restaurants: with orzo. [...]

Omelette revelation

(EDITED recipe to avoid over-cheesing) Before I tried this, I thought of mushrooms as just another thing to fill out some chunky omelette.  It turns out that the gamy taste of (non-flavorless) mushrooms goes very well with egg.  The egg goes from being reasonably tasty protein ‘n fat to tasting like the meat of some [...]

First post, three things

Spinach salad, apple-thyme marinade for pork, and homemade applesauce.