We have a ethnically Turkish, Bulgaria-born cook at Tulip who's quite a genius in the kitchen, if a bit erratic and uncontrollable. He's constantly coming up with new lunch and dinner specials and giving them strange names. Whenever I ask him where the name comes from, he gives me a cryptic answer.

Last night I noticed we had spicy chicken curry dish called Chicken "Hamas." I added an extra M to the word.