This chicken number made me some good friends when we first moved to Atlanta. We lived in an extended-stay hotel for a few months, and because there wasn’t a proper kitchen, we used the community grill often. One night, I invited some new acquaintances, a group of welders from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to try our style…
Everyday Tomato and Cucumber Salad With Dad’s Salad ‘Whisky’
For most meals at my parents’ house, my dad was in charge of the “extras”: the salad, the feta plate, the pickles or olives—all the things he loved that made the meal a little more special. His “three-ingredient Mediterranean salad” literally had chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, and parsley. He seasoned it simply with salt and pepper,…
Seafood Shakshuka
Most people familiar with shakshuka think of eggs as the common denominator, but here I pay tribute to shakshuka made in the style of Egypt’s Mediterranean cities, where seafood and local fish stand in for the eggs. While I do take liberties with the spices I use in this recipe, the method of braising the…
Everyday Mediterranean: How Suzy Karadsheh Brings the Sunny Flavors of Egypt to Atlanta
What began as a humble blog that Egyptian-born Suzy Karadsheh created to share recipes and family stories with her daughters has grown to become the largest website for modern Mediterranean cooking, attracting millions of monthly visitors. She published her first cookbook, “The Mediterranean Dish Cookbook: 120 Bold and Healthy Recipes You’ll Make on Repeat,” in…
Elderly People Who Eat Leafy Green-Rich Mediterranean, MIND Diets Have Younger Brains: Study
People who followed either the Mediterranean or Mediterranean-inspired MIND diets were found to have fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains at autopsy, according to a new study on nearly 600 elderly adults. In the observational study, a team of scientists at Rush University in Chicago monitored the diets of 581 older adults until…
The Return of the Predators
They’re back: the wolf, lynx, and bear. In the heart of Europe, from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean—and they are spreading fast. They know no borders and animal filmmaker Holger Vogt was aware that he was tackling quite a controversial subject. Wherever the large predators appear, society is divided into pros and contras. On…
The Hidden Inhabitants of the Sierra Morena
In this land where the temperatures in summer often surpass 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), life during the hottest months of the year gets particularly complicated. In some areas that receive barely 500 millimeters (20 inches) of rain per year, fresh water is frequently hard to find. Most of the trees that populate the area…
This Mediterranean Pilaf Is the Best of Two Worlds
This dish is inspired by two rice dishes: pilaf and maqluba. In a pilaf, the rice is sautéed to lightly toast the grains and then steamed in a flavorful broth, along with aromatics such as onion, garlic, and spices such as cumin and coriander. When ready to serve, the rice is fluffed to separate the…
Mediterranean Salmon Provencal (Recipe + Video)
By Chef Alessandro Serni This Salmon Provençal is uniquely flavored with harmonious roasted fennel and orange. Another amazing enhancement is from the freshly whizzed up herb, persillade, with its zing and vibrant contrast sitting atop the succulent salmon. It’s a special complimentary of colors and Mediterranean flavors that are balanced throughout this whole dish. Recipe Prep…
Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
Fish, tomatoes, feta cheese, chicken, and lots of olive oil—we have just listed a bunch of ingredients to make a special meal. But all of these ingredients have something in common: They’re staples of the Mediterranean diet. When you think of the Mediterranean, you probably think of the coast of Greece. Blue and white colors…
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