Taste is supposed to be our strongest sensory memory, and my taste buds sure do seem to beat my mind when it comes to recall. In the early 1990's, I lived for a while with a very welcoming and lovely Saudi family in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While I was there, we went out for Indian food in a swanky restaurant, where we had Umm Ali for dessert. It was creamy, it was sweet, it had pistachios and sultanas and rosewater, and it tasted so incredibly perfect. I have had such a craving for another taste of this, it was the first thing I searched for when I got online for the first time, to no avail. Happily, the internet has finally caught up, but now I need a gluten-free version. Voila! It won't be the same, but I think it's worth a try. I'll post my version of the recipe as soon as I've had a chance to cook up a batch.
Do you have any long-lost foods that you crave but cannot find a recipe for?
Sunday, November 08, 2009
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oh my, yes. my grandmother's corn chowder. the one we'd eat summers on guemes island. wonderful memory of sitting on the beach with a bowl of it in my lap.... probably watching my father check crab traps. there are wonderful chowder recipes out there but haven't been able to evoke hers yet.
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