Article: Wrapped and Zapped; Microwaving Stuffed Grape Leaves

From Paris to Pakistan, the challenge facing every cook is keeping food succulent when it's exposed to heat. One ancient practice that still works is tucking food into moist leaves before cooking.

Step off the Star Ferry from Kowloon onto Hong Kong Island and you'll immediately be offered rice steamed in banana leaves. In Mexico it's corn husks wrapped around steamed cornmeal and pinto beans, and in India papaya leaves filled with spiced lentils and rice do the job. In Mediterranean countries, North Africa, the Middle East and North America grape leaves are a favorite wrapping for food.

Loved for their lemony flavor, grape leaves make small, sophisticated bundles of food that are like ...

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