Trick question: How many ingredients in this peanut butter?



Think about it? Think about it looooong and haaaardd. Are you panting yet? Ok. I'm weird

Think. Think. Think. Think.

Warning: Photo Heavy blog

I'm quite the narcissist. Once I had a pretty cake, I wanted to take a dozen pictures and show them off. Doesn't matter that most of them are not that great. It doesn't even matter that I didn't even want to cut this cake and taste it. All cos the cake looked so super pretty. Atleast to me. It's also the first time I used a blow torch at home. My brother helped me start it up amidst yells of "stop pointing the damn thing at your face!!!" Well, that's me. Let's just say a little inadequate sometimes.



Hello Za'atar, Do you realize you're my current favourite spice?

I first tasted za'atar on my visit to UAE years ago. My aunt loved flatbreads toasted with olive oil and za'atar. She used to get my cousins to run down to the local store to get them for evening snacks and it's caught my fancy ever since. Recently, my aunt gifted me a big big bag of za'atar and now I want to use it ALL the time. Thanks Anne!

This is the only complete dish I've actually tried and tested with za'atar other than using it as a condiment. Which is not surprising considering I don't actually cook that often. For my birthday, last month, I decided to have a 'Roast Chicken with Za'atar and Orange' loosely based on an Ottolenghi recipe I found online. When it comes to Middle Eastern food, who better to trust than Ottolenghi?