Fresh Dill-Spiced Rice in the Afghan Manner: Chelo Shibit

This is a recipe, as promised, from the menu at the Nairobi Reunion dinner I hosted.  (My recipe was awarded an Editor’s Pick on Amanda Hesser -the ex- New York Times Food Editor- and Merrill Stubbs’ Food 52 project).Read More

Basmati: The Jewel in the Crown

Each grain of rice should be elongated, separated, curved and slender like a girl’s eyelashes,” say the women in my family.Read More