She mingles specific, detailed dishes like hossi, a unique chile paste rounded with marjoram and allspice made to flavor kibbeh, with creations such as a seafood soup for her son warmed with cumin ...

Zarate serves it with ají amarillo paste, a spicy Peruvian yellow chile paste. 2011 F&W Best New Chef Ricardo Zarate gives quinoa the risotto treatment, infusing it with fresh lemon and lemon ...