by Mike DiGiacomo | Jul 4, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
How lack of food and a former communist congressman in Albania helped preserve a family recipe that uses bay leaf, one of at least five popular varieties of this spice. Bay leaf is used all over the world due to its many varieties. There are at least five kinds of...
by Mike DiGiacomo | Jun 15, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
Iranian cuisine is among the world’s few that still uses barberries. Nushin Musavi, made Omaha home and chose Tachin or Persian Saffron Rice to represent her home country. Barberry is a dry fruit, known for its acidic flavor. Much like citrus peels, barberries...
by Enkela Vehbiu | Jun 5, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
A flavorful blend of spices just like the life of Amal Alexander, a native of Yemen, a mother, a teacher and a book author. Chicken Mandi and hawaij spice are a staple recipe and a unique spice blend of the Yemeni cuisine. The blend consists of four core spices –...
by Mike DiGiacomo | May 15, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
The ancient spice, the staple recipe and the life story of Rana Keilany, a Syrian architect turned chef in Omaha, Nebraska. Syrian spices is a blend of allspice berries, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, and cloves. As in any blend, the portions of the core...
by Mike DiGiacomo | Apr 16, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
Two versions of the same salad, prepared by Pla and Joy, two sisters, chefs and restaurant owners in Omaha, Nebraska. Borders are blurred when it comes to food and that is the case with papaya salad, which may or may not contain anchovy sauce, a staple of Indochinese...
by Mike DiGiacomo | Apr 4, 2022 | Spices and Recipes
The red gold of spices used in a traditional Afghan recipe that Maryam Amini, originally from Afghanistan and now of Omaha, Nebraska, prepares regularly for her American children. Saffron is the most expensive spice that originated in Iran but is now cultivated in...
