Monday, May 12, 2014

A Love for Flavor, Straight from the IDF

by Tamar Fox for Jewniverse
During his stint in the Israeli Defense Forces Lior Lev Sercarz was once responsible for frying 200 pieces of schnitzel on a propane stove while Lebanese rockets flew overhead. Perhaps because he got his start cooking while under fire, Sercarz developed a fascination with spices. Not the powders you buy in the grocery store: Sercarz searches the globe for the most pure and intense flavors, and at La BoƮte, his New York City shop on an industrial strip, he combines them into spice mixes that trigger the deepest and most mysterious places in your brain.

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