Easy

Usually used on pork, the Chinese barbecue marinade called char siu gives a haunting sweetness to these chops, which are delicious with steamed bok choy.

Serve this small plate (or meze) with two others—Flaky Cheese Rolls and Fresh Spinach with Garlic-Yogurt Sauce—to begin the meal, and then proceed with Tomato and Mint Salad with Pomegranate Dressing and Spicy Lamb with Charred Eggplant Puree and Pita. Don't forget the Cognac-Glazed Dried Apricots with Cinnamon-Spiced Yogurt to top it all off.