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Bibimbap is a dish with many competing origin stories just as it is a dish of many flavors... The four main narratives of bibimbap’s origin are complemented by the five main flavors – or colors – found in the dish itself.
...over a two-and-a-half-hour leisurely meal, we were served six exceptional courses... We do hope to return some day and hope to return to hear the owner... belt out some wonderful arias.
Koshari itself has become synonymous with Egyptian cuisine. The recipe below is based on the dish as prepared by an Egyptian friend’s grandmother...
Koshari appears to be Egypt’s answer to something far more local to Switzerland, namely älplermagronen, or Alp macaroni, though more flavorful and definitely more spicy. Älplermagronen is a bit like Switzerland’s answer to macaroni and cheese...
Tagine not only refers to the dish, a slow-braised stew, that usually includes meat, poultry or fish, spices and perhaps some dried fruit or couscous, but it is also the name of the conical-shaped ceramic dish it is served in.
