FOOD

Slow-grilled eggplants smoked over Mesquite coal stuffed with a mixture of ground lamb, onions, peppers, tomatoes, olive oil, spices, and fresh herbs from the garden, then baked in the oven until bubbly. Serve with fresh yogurt and a squeeze of lemon. #karniyarik #turkish #stuffed #eggplant #middleeastern #traditionalfood

Big grillin' shout out to my Moroccan and Turkish friends from back in the day, who taught me how they cook their chicken on coals by the beach while children play in the water and you take your time with it until they are hungry! My Cali version: slow-smoked Baharat spiced drumsticks, fresh garlic, Sumac oil, California Meyer lemons, yellow lemons, Himalayan Pink salt, and homegrown Spanish lavender over hickory coal. #middleeastern #grilled #chicken #coal