Did I mention that I went to the Middle East for overseas study during college? One of my favorite memories was watching flatbreads being removed from rustic bakery ovens. Then you could watch breads being transported atop people’s heads! [...]

I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and I think,
“Well that’s not gonna’ happen.” —unknown I remember being out of college and wanting to make my first loaf of bread. I chose Joy Of Cooking, and started reading: “…behold one of the great dramas of the kitchen [...]

I wish I hadn’t sold my electric tortilla press! I knew this recipe could be made by hand, rolling the chapatis with a rolling pin. But it was  difficult to get them as thin, or as round, as the press can. But they taste just as good!  (My son called mine “artisan”.) After we discovered [...]