nice writeup of the simsimiyya and its origin from the tanbura/kissar
Month: September 2023
Crown Duck (recipe)
Cook time: realistically this will probably take you 2-3 hours beginning to end. The duck itself only cooks for an hour at most but you’re running around… Read more “Crown Duck (recipe)”
a disaffected Coptic New Year (journal)
The year is 1740 and my feet ache as I stand in the kitchen making duck (good associations, duck has; at least in the older symbolism). In… Read more “a disaffected Coptic New Year (journal)”