Tonight I hosted Book Club at my house. We had read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini and had a riveting conversation particularly about the family dynamic between Mariam and her parents as well as Laila and her parents and Mariam as a mother to Laila - go figure, we were a bunch of women! Also we were in agreement that the Taliban is disgusting, and so was Rasheed. (Go figure, they were a bunch of male chauvanists!)
I tried to be a good hostess by providing yummy appetizers and to go along with our book, I made middle-eastern themed dishes. Boboli (tomato salad), cucumber and dill, hummus and pita triangles, green olives and for dessert: Turkish Delight. It was all really good except the Turkish Delight started to melt a quarter of the way through the evening (which didn't stop the kids!) and resulted in being tossed - four hours of hard work gone down the drain.
Overall I would say the night was quite a success - recipes to follow.
(Boboli: 6 Large Tomatoes, 3 Tablespoons chopped chives, 1 Tablespoon garlic vinegar, 3 Tablespoons Olive oil, salt and pepper. Slice tomatoes, season and pour on them the olive oil, previously mixed with vinegar. Sprinkle chives and serve.)
(Turkish Delight a.k.a. Lokum http://mideastfood.about.com/ud/dessertssweetspastries/r/turkishdelight.com)
(What a nice spread)
Looks like a fun party! I was curious after I saw your "turkish delight". I had never heard of it so I thought it was something like raw turkey peices covered in powdered sugar. So I had to look up the recipe. Ha ha ha... boy was I way off. Glad to learn it was a desert.
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