Plov is Georgian Jollof, Change My Mind

Is rice pilaf universal? I think so. View this post on Instagram Tonight’s dinner inspiration comes from Central Asia (one of my favorite culinary sandboxes), but with a few twists: this is plov (pilaf) of jasmine rice cooked with smoked duck stock, red onion, homegrown …

Wild Boar Pörkölt with Hand-Cut Dumplings

View this post on Instagram Happy Spring Festival, friends! In honor of Year of the Pig I made a boar pörkölt (kind of like goulash) with hand-cut dumplings, fortified with Uyghur flavors. That means mixing Chinese Muslim and Eastern European ingredients — both are influenced …

Goat Meatballs with Barbari Bread

View this post on Instagram Goat kofta with yogurt and homemade barbari bread, savory and warming. The ground goat comes in one-pound packs from @nicky.usa now, one of their in-house Nicky Farms products that I’m really excited about! Here it’s mixed with minced garlic and …

Pumpkin Soup with Lamb Meatballs

View this post on Instagram Since my wrist is still a little iffy, I decided to forgo making Uzbek-style lamb-pumpkin manti (dumplings), and made a soup instead. Here’s a bowl of tender hunks of roasted kabocha squash tossed in Uyghur spices (think five spice with …