Long before I started to cook, I knew how important it was to spice up your life… courtesy of Baby, Scary, Sporty, Ginger, and Posh. Gratuitous Spice Girls mention aside, in terms of spice in the culinary sense, I actually only began to make my own meals when I moved to Tel Aviv after college. I was fortunate enough to live a few blocks away from Shuk HaCarmel—the city’s famous open-air food market—and one of the first spices I added to my pantry was za’atar: a delicious, earthy blend I enjoyed in some of my favorite Middle Eastern dishes.
Truth be told, I never really thought about which spices za’atar contained, or what benefits a shake here and a dash there could offer. But in the spirit of revisiting my early cooking memories and to cover the basics for those who haven’t tried za’atar themselves, I asked Rachael Hartley,…
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