Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Food For Celebrating Jim's Life

The photos are of the food made for Celebrating Jim Vitelli's life.
There is different two different kind of halva, one made with ginger and the other no ginger both made with butter, all purpose flour, saffron, cain juice sugar. Spread on top pistachio and coconut.
Sholeh zard meaning yello flame made with saffron, rose water, cardamom, rice, caine juice sugar. Spread on top cinnamon.
Kuku sabzi made with spinach, cilantro, parsley, leek, green onions, dill, walnuts, barberry and eggs.
Kuku made with sweet potato, anise, onion, walnut, barberry, saffron.
All ingredients are natural and organic. The food was scrumtiously delicious.


Sunday, November 12, 2006

Heart of Kismet Inn

Kismet Inn’s Kitchen is located in the center of the inn where guests see me, Shadi, The InnKeeper preparing and cooking the food. It is indeed the heart of the inn. You see the Kitchen as you enter the inn. The Kitchen is not hidden somewhere in the back area where guests don't see what is cooking. Our Kitchen thus, our food is very important for us.

All ingredients are fresh, natural, organic and locally provided. If certain foods such as nuts and fruits like pomegranate are used in the preparation of the food it is purchased from a source that is trustable and not shelved for ever nor put in containers and sent across oceans.

The dairy product is purchased from local farms so is the meat and poultry as is the produce. Some produce that is purchased from local farms is frozen for the colder months especially since Maine gets really cold during winter months and Shadi’s cooking depends a lot on produce.

I make lots of hearty soups and rice dishes with vegetables. Soon I will post the dishes I make.