Wednesday, 1st of November, 2000

One of my favourite discoveries while overseas was an Israeli/middle-eastern spice mix called za’tar (or za’atar, or other variants). How to describe it? It’s a mixture of something along the lines of thyme, sesame seeds, dried sumac (a type of berry I’m told) and salt. It’s a dry mix and is eaten usually by dipping bread into olive oil and then into a bowl of the mix. YUM! Alternatively, sometimes a pita bread or similar will be covered in za’tar and olive oil and baked like a little pizza. Delicious.

Here, for those interested in gastronomy, is a whole page (just in text file format unfortunately) of emails in discussion-list format about the spice, with various recipes throughout. Can’t wait to make it myself!

You’re all fascinated I’m sure. So you should be!

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