Monthly Archives: December 2011
Agrestada v.1: Cooked lemon mayonnaise
Contrasts of flavor, color and texture are an integral part of Sephardic gastronomic tradition – of others, too, of course, though by no means all (where I live, the food is mostly mushy, bland and tending toward weirdness), and to … Continue reading
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Perfect fried potatoes. Really. (Hanukah fish & chips, part 2)
Ours wasn’t much of a potato household. We were – are – Ottoman Sephardim, into lots of rice and a little bit of pasta, and potatoes were a New World discovery that took hold more in northern Europe than in the northern Mediterranean. As far … Continue reading
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Some overly pedantic instructions for frying fish (Hanukah fish & chips, part 1)
Anyone who’s read anything about Sephardic food must surely know by now that fish and chips made their way to England via the Portuguese Jews (who, by the way, were for the most part of Spanish descent). Fish has always … Continue reading
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