Requested Recipes

I'm a thoroughly unoriginal cook, but I've been given some great recipes by much better cooks. Here are a couple my friends have asked for from time to time.

• Eileen's Garbonzo Macondo--a very healthy tomato/spinach/chickpea thing. I got the recipe from my friend Eileen, who has given me most of the recipes I know. Mom gave the recipe its name, when she made it in Ecuador. I've made it in England. And it's originally Burmese. So it's an intercontinental dish.
• Tiramisu--a very unhealthy rum/mascarpone/ladyfinger thing. This is amazingly good. I'm always shocked that I've produced something so wonderful. It's also very easy. The six shots of expresso will take you up, and the 1/2 cup of rum will bring you back home.