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Bohsali (Arabic Sweets artisan bakers)

My daughter wanted to visit the campus of  the Lebanese American University (LAU) and I thought ” and I want to visit Bohsali”. This place is an institution here in Beirut. It had been around forever!...

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Last-minute holiday ideas

The seven-hour lamb, for the recipe click here. Lebanese couscous with lamb shanks and pearl onions, for the recipe click here Spiced fish, for the recipe click here. Swiss chard cake, for the recipe...

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Dragon fruit dessert

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! An easy to put together dessert, if you get some dragon fruits; they are sold in Asian markets. Cut the fruit in half, scoop out some of the flesh, fill the cavity with your mom’s...

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Savory Brownie

    Hello, everyone! I’m Alice and I’m guest posting today for my mom. Today my mom made a savory brownie that is both healthy and delicious! My favorite part about this dish is how clearly you can...

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Destination: Beirut

This blog will be on a temporary hiatus until I land in Beirut, catch up on some sleep and get internet connection!

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Christmas cookies

  Happy Holidays!

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Mysterious kitchen tool

Found this in a Beirut supermarket; it is a rolling pin with stationary blades (one inch or so apart). Can anybody guess what it is used for?

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Kurdish kibbeh (video)

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Making stuffed onion skins (Video-clip)

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Internet Down in Lebanon

There’s been a severe outage in Lebanon and the country is left without Internet. Posts will resume shortly. -Nick

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Kibbeh mortar (Jurn)

Not so long ago, every Lebanese home had one of those in the kitchen; called a jeren, this mortar was cut out of solid rock and weighed at least a hundred pounds. We had one;  my mother was fortunate...

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Eggs poached in tomato sauce (Bayd bel-banadoora)

 Proof that simple is best. Eggs are poached in a tomato sauce made with lots of onions, ripe tomatoes and some garlic; scooped up with pita bread. A mouthwatering luncheon or brunch item from the...

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Guacamole

This guacamole is my son Nick’s recipe; after a lifetime spent eating Burger King’s burgers (to my great despair) he is now, at 22, a born-again vegan; could not be happier about the news, actually....

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Jasmine and Fire by Salma Abdelnour (Giveaway)

This book is an account of American/Lebanese writer Salma Abdelnour‘s stay in Beirut  after a life spent in the US. This is a book that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese expats throughout the world...

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Ultimate Lebanese burger

  Everyone these days is at the beach or by a pool; I missed Fourth of July this year and so I was daydreaming about what the Ultimate Lebanese Burger would taste like.  For one, it would have some...

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Zaatar giveaway

I can safely say that one of the foods that a Lebanese would miss the most when outside of Lebanon is zaatar; not just any zaatar. Zaatar that was foraged by a relative or friend, dried properly for...

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Split-fava bean casserole (Bessara)

  I am taking advantage of my stay in Beirut to find out as much as possible about different dishes by asking great cooks around me; I also read cookbooks published in the Arabic language searching for...

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Iraqi cuisine (Al-tabekh al-3iraki), a giveaway

This book on Iraqi cuisine is the result of a job assignment I took on last year in Beirut; the publisher’s well-known cooking book (Alef baa’ al-tabekh) became a best-seller (for years) and is an...

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Empowering Syrian women

Kamal Mouzawak is an internationally known Lebanese food personality. I’ve been many times to his organic farmer’s market, Souk el-Tayeb, the first of its kind in the region (inhaling their fresh...

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Foraging with Um Elias

Um Elias and her husband of 50 years, Philippe, are part of a dwindling group of authentic Lebanese farmers. They married when she was 15, an acceptable age to marry off a girl in those days, and have...

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