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‘Bout That Sauce

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Grilled corn on the cob served with a dazzling tahini chimichurri sauce.
Grilled corn on the cob served with a dazzling tahini chimichurri sauce.

Will apologies to Meghan Trainor, I am all about this sauce.

No doubt, you will be, too.

If you love the bright and tangy herbaceousness of Argentinian chimichurri sauce and the way it livens up anything it touches, then you will go crazy for this Persian-influenced one that adds tahini for a richer, creamier body.

Slather it on ordinary corn on the cob to turn it into something extra special.

“Grilled Corn with Tahini Chimichurri Sauce” is from the new cookbook, “Bitter & Sweet” (Weldon Owen), of which I received a review copy.

It’s the debut cookbook by Seattle-based Omid Roustaei, an Iranian-American chef and culinary instructor, who has quite the background, having worked in the biotech industry and now also happens to be a psychotherapist.

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Frankie Celenza’s Take On Argentinian Choripan

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A sandwich that's just meat and sauce -- and perfectly put together.
A sandwich that’s just meat and sauce — and perfectly put together.

The first time I stumbled upon the cooking show, “Struggle Meals” with host Frankie Celenza, he was wielding a fork that he referred to as his “Struggle Whip 9000” and pulling out individual packs of chili flakes, honey and butter from the “packet drawer” in a kitchen outfitted with pink pig figurines everywhere.

I just thought, “What the heck?”

But it wasn’t long before I was hooked by the show’s many charms, and by a guy who obviously had serious knife skills and know-how from working at New York City restaurants.

Now comes his first cookbook, “EAT: Easy, Affordable, Tasty” (Union Square & Co.), of which I received a review copy.

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