Having decided to go to Rhodes on Easter vacation in April, the pre-excitement got the better of me and I just had to have lamb and orzo to enhance the anticipation. Usually I marinate the lamb in oil, lemon juice, mashed garlic and rosemary, but I had wonderful bunches of fresh mint and cilantro so ...

Minced Lamb “Köfte” with Eggplant/Aubergine on a Skewer Oven-baked Sweet and White Potatoes Chunks Fall Beet, Apple, Walnut and Goat Cheese Salad Köfte is a kebab variation which is popular in Turkey and Iran but also can be found in Macedonian, Armenian, and Romanian cuisine. In good Turkish restaurants in Germany you can find it ...

Imagine you finally get to cook for long-lost dear friends and you only have a one time shot before they “disappear” again for a long-time. Sure you have remained in email and Facebook contact and know what their kids are doing and they know what your vacation was like – but what you can’t share ...