Can't remember if I've posted about some little noshes that students share~basically mini flatbreads with a delicious spice. They didn't know the English words for most of them, so I consulted my friend, Google, and found that the Arabic is za'atar. It's a blend of thyme/sumac/salt/sesame seeds and it's mahvelous.
Came to work today to find TWO students brought me jars and bags of it. I had been asking where to buy it and which brand was good. Guess it's something that you *don't* use the store bought kind, so now I have heaps of this.
And to top the day of good eats, someone else brought in two pans of legamuts~SO dangerous. Just a teeny mouth-sized bite of fried goodness.
A beautiful ending to April.
The first time I encountered za'atar spice was in Santa Rosa at our fave Mediterranean vegetarian restaurant. The second time? In Seattle, in one of the little backroad spice shops at Pike Market. What I bought there lasted forever, because you really can use too much very easily - only a whiff, and a whole dish is changed. And now you have tons!!! Good luck!
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