As I was reorganizing the Library I decided to add a section for “Cooking” and found I had posted only pound cake recipes. That raises the question … what do I actually know how to cook? I came up with the following list of things that I can cook sufficiently well worth recording:
- B’learweh – Lebanese Baklava, a flaky pastry
- Tabbouleh – Lebanese parsley salad
- Kibbey Nayye – Lebanese steak tartare
- Lebanese Red Wine Vinegar Scrambled Eggs with Lavash
- French Toast
- Olive Oil and Garlic Marinated Buffalo New York Strips
- Kafta – Lebanese Meatballs
- Lahem Mishwa – Lebanese Shish Kebabs
- and of course, Pound Cake
There’s a subtle theme there. There are a few other things that get made in our house that I make to other people’s recipes – Hummus, Cleveland Burgers, “California Dreaming Style” Grilled Chicken Salad – and a few other things that we eat that my wife or friends typically prepare. I’ll try to go through these recipes and post as many as I can.
-the Centaur
