Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Jul makes Khubiz Arabi (Pita bread)

“Ingredients are not as important as technique in making good pitas.”*

I carefully followed the directions (though of course adding some whole wheat flour to replace the white flour), and the results we pretty good for a first attempt at pita bread. Look, they actually have pockets! Now if only Karen (Mulle) and John Friesen come for a visit, she’ll teach us her hummus and baba ganouj recipes – that would be impressive and wonderful indeed. Oh and bring along some lebneh and shwarmas and lemons and fish and za'atar and mountain bread and apricot jam!


*Thanks, Mom, for the Extending the Table international cookbook, a Christmas present back in 1994. How did you know I’d get so much enjoyment out of it over the years?

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