The heart of the Iranian table, this humble and satisfying meal is a simple combination of briny cheese, fresh herbs, walnuts and flatbread. Together, they make a perfect bite, known as loghmeh in Persian.
This simple recipe delivers meatiness without any meat. It calls for pan-searing hearty oyster mushrooms until they’re as crispy and golden as chicharron (fried pork rind or belly, or sometimes other meat).
This recipe, from restaurateurs Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook, is as clever as they come, simplifying a much longer process into a speedy affair that happens entirely in a food processor.
Carnivores, as advocates of the diet are known, have a core belief that we need to live like our ancestors did because we are apex predators. But is it really all its cracked up to be?