This Dame Cooks A Collection of Recipes from Alaska to the South Pacific and Caribbean

A mezze platter would not be complete without MediterraneanMarinated Cheese.  The cheese is traditionally feta but any firm fresh cheese will work;  tangy, salted yogurt cheese balls (recipe included) or queso fresca cubed (recipe included).  Serve this old-world favorite with pita bread, kalamata olives, shaved pastrami, eggplant crisps, lemon-rice dolmas, crust-less spinach quiche, tomato and anchovy bruschetta, cucumbers in tzatziki, proscuito wrapped ...

You can never have too many salad/salsa dishes in your culinary repertoire. This recipe is from my Jordanian friends in Seattle. It is a marinated bean salad that just gets better and better the longer it marinates. It has all the essential flavors of the Mediterranean with lemon, olive oil, cumin, cilantro and mint. The ...