I Got High Marks Tonight...

...for dinner, from my wife! It was a Mediterranean trio of dishes influenced by the Islamic kitchen: an Andalusian-style stew of chicken with extra-virgin olive oil, flat-leaf parsley, garlic, crushed peppercorns, sliced lemons and cinnamon; roz bil shagria (better known to us as rice-a-roni) flavored with chicken stock, onions and flat-leaf parsley; and a salad of shredded zucchini with raisins, toasted pine nuts, garlic and dried mint, tossed with extra-virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice. It was good. And I've been told I'll be making it again...