Tomatilla!

Here we go:

the theme this month is ‘Peas in the Middle East’ – interpret that how you will peas/peace/middle eastern dishes, etc.

The four random ingredients are:

coffeericeprosciuttoand…chilis

As usual substitute away for allergies/vegetarianism/inability to get ingredients.

Because here in the US this weekend is a time to celebrate all the dead presidents, I am kicking Paper Chef off in a few hours. Here is the final list of ingredients:

peas, olives, feta, ice, dates, chickpeas, prunes, coffee, bay leaves, cucumber, couscous, pomegranate, prosciutto, rice, chili, saffron, almonds, lemon, eggplant (aubergine) and something [...]

Well, it looks like people are still coming out of the woodwork, so I’m going to hold until next week in the hope that we get more ingredients.

Right now the list is:

peas, olives, feta, ice, dates, chickpeas, prunes, coffee, bay leaves, cucumber, couscous, pomegranate, prosciutto, rice and chili.

While the nominations are starting to come in I felt I should keep the potential participants informed and entertained, so I’m going to run a brief recap of Paper Chef through the past ages.

The initial announcement, back in November 2004, was a little sparse compared to the current rules. And our very first winner was [...]