My main enjoyment in cooking is combining techniques and flavors from several cultures (or at least several kinds of cookbooks) to arrive at dishes that are fresh-tasting and easy to make.
Sometimes I go on food quests. I become obsessed with a particular dish and make it over and over to get it just right. My quest for the perfect Egyptian-style stuffed grape leaves recipe produced a recipe that is very reliable, and in my opinion at least delicious. My current quests are for the perfect tomato and meat sauce, the perfect falafel, and what could be called naan-style bread.
This page holds the result of my quests, reports on my quests-in-progress, and a few random things I made that I thought were interesting enough to record. If you want to read about my quests or experiments when they happen, you can check my LiveJournal.
Katia Hayati
Last updated December 2, 2005