Wedding Rice  Traditional Middle Eastern wedding feasts typically revolve around some meaty centerpiece, maybe roast lamb or goat, with a whole spread of dishes, including at least one festive rice dish. Also called jeweled rice, ...

Turmeric Chicken with Toum  When my daughter, Saffron, turned two, we invited a bunch of people to our house for a dinner party. I decided to make this yogurt-marinated chicken, and it was easily the ...

Confit Okra with Whipped Feta  Every Friday night, my whole extended family used to get together at my grandmother’s house for Shabbat dinner. Most times, there were twenty-one of us (eleven kids and ten adults) ...