Harissa

Middle Eastern-inspired meals are a favorite of ours, as they tend to be loaded with flavors of faraway places.  Smoky chilies, rich turmeric, deep saffrons, crisp cloves, cinnamon, and mace, in fact, too many to list.  Harissa which is a spicy chili sauce or powder is one of our favorite seasonings when cooking with lamb, …

Not your ordinary “shake-n-bake” chicken that our grandmothers and mothers use to make. The chicken is brined first and then coated with a spicy batter before being plunged in hot grape seed oil and fried until golden brown. Delicious hot or cold.