From Clifford Wright, recipes for Alexandria Style Griddled Fish, Egyptian Stewed Tomato Sauce, Ful Mudammas, Kushary, and Umm’Ali are here. Clifford Wright has been given a variety of prestigious awards for his cookbooks and his writing on Mediterranean food.
I have not tried the recipes…yet. He also offers an interesting historical and cultural background of Kushary here.
An attractive vegetarian dish. Use vegetables with similiar diameter.
Ingredients:
olive oil
2 yellow onions, sliced
2 minced garlic cloves
2 unpeeled potatoes (well-scrubed)
2 zucchini
3 tomatoes
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp thyme (or more, to taste)
sprinkling of white cheese, either Gruyere or mozzerella or parmasean
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees C.
Brush medium sized baking dish with olive oil. Put onions and garlic in. Slice vegetables in 1/4 inch thick and layer alternately in dish on top of inions. Make only one layer. Sprinkle sald, pepper, thyme, a little more olive oil. Cover with foil, bake 35 minutes (or more) until tender. Uncover, sprinkle cheese, bake another 30 minutes until cheese is browned.
A good friend shared some tips about travelling:
1. Do. Not. Drink. The. Water.
2. Do not eat or drink fruit or salad outside the home (I probably will avoid it anyways unless properly washed)
3. Pepside (?) popsicles (to keep hydrated — especially for the kids)
4. Chlorine tablets — to use as water to clean face or hands or toothbrushes; other water can be used for shower
5. Hand sanitizer
6. Anticeptic (spray Lysol to toilet seat before using)
Fun stuff. A self-contained bubble suit would be nice too.
Review by S. Franklin of Chicago Tribune:
Brazilian Coffee Shop, 44 Sharia Saad Zaghloul, across frSanta Lucia, 40 Safia Zaghloul Street (3-486-0332). An excellent favorite among Alexandria’s Greek community, its seafood is top notch, and so is the setting, a comfy and upscale two-story room with a piano player on most nights.
Grand Cafe, el Kashafa building, Bahari, on the Corniche (3-480-5119). A comfortable restaurant with a large patio where you can smoke a shisha (water pipe) or have a meal or snacks. Also located in this convenient complex is the Tikka Grill, an Indian restaurant, and the Fish Market, both popular.
Delices, 46 Saad Zaghloul (3-486-1432), a well preserved patisserie of endless tempting dishes; open 7 a.m.-11 p.m.om the Tourist Office. Buy a coffee and watch as they roast beans in an old, giant roaster — as it used to be; open 7 a.m.-11 p.m.
