
Transfer to a large bowl and add the cinnamon, ground cloves and remaining 1/4 cup sugar.

Let the skewers rest off the heat for a few minutes before serving. Cook for 7 minutes on one side, then turn the skewers over once, shut the cover again, and cook until the fish is cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes, for medium to medium-well or until the center of the swordfish registers 130 degrees.

“I find it gives a little more orange flavor and it’s something you can find on the shelf at your grocery.”īut for some things, she says there’s no substitute for using the traditional ingredients. For example, while baklava might traditionally use orange blossom water, her recipe calls for orange extract.

She also adapted some of her recipes to include ingredients that might be in her readers’ pantries. As I began sourcing the spices and other hard-to-find ingredients, I created a one-stop shop on my website, The Mediterranean Dish, to make it easy to create these dishes at home.” “People would ask me, ‘Where do I get the best olive oil?’ ‘Where can I find Aleppo pepper?’ Many of these ingredients can be found at markets like Whole Foods and the larger international farmers markets in the Atlanta area, but I, too, was looking online for many things. We’ll make a salad and she will get up and get the bottle to add some.”Īs popular as Mediterranean cooking is, Karadsheh has sometimes had trouble sourcing the ingredients she needed. I think she’s the one who inherited the cooking gene. “Hannah, the little one, has always been really interested in cooking. She goes on the website and looks for recipes. “Dara, my oldest, has become more interested in cooking now that she’s in college and having to feed herself. I think that’s because we fed them hummus the minute they were able to eat real food,” she said with a laugh. “My daughters have always been good eaters. Recently, we talked about cooking with her family and how she navigated the sometimes difficult task of finding the ingredients she needs. Publication of her first cookbook became another channel to share her heritage, recipes and tips.

When the family moved to the Atlanta area in 2016, the blog grew into a larger website, and Karadsheh began hearing from more people who connected with her story and loved her recipes. “The Mediterranean Dish” by Suzy Karadsheh (Clarkson Potter, $32.50)
