Recipes

Slightly sweet, with a subtle warmth from the curry powder, this is not curried rice. This is one of my few excursions into recipe creation from scratch (I usually adapt)...

This recipe is a slight variation on what my Dad used, during the years I was growing up, to season steaks on the barbecue. I continue to use it for...

I was served this wonderful rice at a thank-you dinner served by an Armenian family. I was in a choral group at the time, and the daughter of the family...

I, unknowingly, served this to a friend who doesn't like lamb, and she loved it. It is my favorite lamb recipe. Sometimes I just make the yogurt dip alone and...

My brother is the best cook in the family, and used to travel on business. After his supply of Za'atar (he got on his travels) ran out, I found this...

Walnuts work the best for this recipe, as their texture picks up the spices best—similar to how you choose a pasta shape for a certain sauce.

This recipe is an adaptation of one I found in a medieval cookbook. It is an unusual, but tasty, way to serve asparagus.

This is the recipe that led me to The Spice House. I was planning an 11 course Moroccan banquet, complete with music and belly dancer for my husband's birthday. This...

This coconut cream cake recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, 'The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time!'

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time!

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, "The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time!"

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time! Photograph by: Joe...

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's Mardi Gras All the Time!

Yogurt. Chicken. Spices. This recipe couldn't be any simpler or more delicious.

I made up this mango chicken recipe, and it is just delicious!