Super-short supper
Mediterranean feast
Hummus
3/4 cup water
1 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans)
1 cup tahini, sesame paste
1 bulb of garlic
salt, lemon juice, for flavor
olive oil
Photo courtesy of www.cucinaconme.it
Combine the water, chickpeas, lemon and salt into a blender or food processor. Blend, then add tahini. Blend again. Put on plate, add olive oil on top to garnish. Serve with warm pita bread, and feta and olive salad.
Feta and olive salad
1/4 pound feta
1/4 pound of a variety of pitted olives, such as kalamata, or green olives
2 tablespoon of shredded carrots
2 teaspoon of olive oil
Combine feta, olives, shredded carrots and olive oil. Mix well.
Source: Mohammed Al-Zaiti, owner of Mediterranean Market and Café
—Maha Masud
The Cheese Shop In the back of the Round Corner Drug Store 801 Massachusetts St.
This quaint, locally-owned sandwich shop started in 1865.
Food: Create your own made-to-order sandwiches with custom choices of bread and ingredients. The Cheese Shop also sells sliced deli meats, a variety of cheeses (not just your basic cheddar and Swiss) and $.50 bags of day-old bread.
Price range: $4 to$ 6 for a sandwich
Photo by Britta Florman
Date-worthiness: Impress that special someone with a casual lunch date — grab some sandwiches here and head a couple blocks west to the train park.
Seating: There are a limited number of bar seats and a picnic bench out back. All sandwiches are prepared to go, which makes eating elsewhere easy.
Bring Mom along? Sure. Take mom here to immerse her in a relic of Lawrence history.
Britta Florman
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