Holding a basket of shallots.

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Photo of Luay Ghafari

Nearly every savory dish in this kitchen begins the same way: oil in the pan, onion going in, the sound and smell of something softening and sweetening in the heat. Onions are so fundamental that we stop noticing them.

A freshly pulled onion, its papery skin still forming, its layers dense with juice, is a completely different thing from what you find in a supermarket bag. So is a shallot, sweet and complex. So is a young leek, pulled before it gets woody, clean and mild enough to eat almost raw.


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