WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | flat-leaf chive turnover | middle eastern style mint yogurt drink | apple | Persian orange
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea
DINNER --- Lebanese spicy eggplant relish | flat bread | sauteed chard and pine nuts | wine-marinated chicken and bean sprouts in spiced garlic sauce and Thai sweet basil | rice | wine
- the New Oxford book is full of the most beautiful and exquisite drawings of food plants.
- the spicy eggplant relish is from a rural Lebanese recipe, with 4 kinds of spices and 3 kinds of fresh herbs.