It’s still summer and grilling season is in full swing. Also, it’s about time I post my favorite recipe for chicken shawarma. You can find the one for beef (or lamb or venison) here. This version was initially given to me by mom years and I’ve tweaked it a lot, cooked it at plenty of […]
Before there was rice, there was burghul. It was the staple grain in Lebanon and an essential part of the winter mouneh, the preserved, dried, pickled, foodstuff that sustained families through the cold winters in the mountains. Now, while rice is certainly popular in Lebanon and the whole region, burghul still commands a large presence
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This delicious vegetarian dish comes from Yotam Ottolenghi’s book Plenty. The chef is much better known in the UK where he runs a chain of “deli” shops that serve a huge variety of creative dishes, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. He also has a weekly column in the Guardian newspaper. The website has a lot of his
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All I can think of when I see the Meyer lemon tree in my backyard buzzing with bees is “Man, do I wish I can taste some of whatever honey these little bugs are going to be making”. I love how prolific this tree is and use its fruit whenever I can, but my favorite time is