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Summer stuffed eggplant rounds

On a spur of the moment trip up to Connecticut, I made round two of my ’stuffed’ eggplant rounds for the family.  This recipe is incredibly simple and tastes downright amazing as an appetizer.
The ingredients can vary drastically depending on what you have sitting around, although I do my best to use two separate layers, [...]

Prep Time

Before heading to bed I wanted to get the lamb marinating and the stuffing done, so come tomorrow (this afternoon?) I will be able to put this meal together quickly.  The lamb was pretty easy to skewer with my honing blade, and a few cold hands later, into a red wine and balsamic marinade it [...]

Ethiopian food and prep for Cert Food

I finally made it back to Dukem, an excellent Ethiopian restaurant in northern Washington, DC with my friend L today.  For anyone who has not been able to try Ethiopian yet, I highly reccomend it.  We had a fairly common sampling of wot and tibs, although the star of the night was certainly our choice [...]