{Sauce on the Side} Wild Mustard Green, Mint & Cucumber Salad / Harissa & Tahini Vinaigrette / Chickpeas, Brown Rice & Feta

Sounds hair-shirt, tastes good

Two bald men inspired this dish.

The first, Mike ‘Big Mike’ Siddell, played the violin in a very good band called Hope of the States. I was a fan of their music and wrote a faintly gushy email to their singer some years after they’d disbanded, saying I’d heard he liked cooking and would he consider coming to cook at my supper club and be my best friend.…