Monthly Archives: April 2009

Meat pies (Sfeeha)

Tweet One time, my grandmother Teta Nabiha came to visit us in France. She marvelled at the flowers growing by the side of the streets and how clean everything was. She went into the kitchen and in no time at all fixed some sfeeha for us. I watched her stretch the little balls of dough [...]
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Chicken in bread with onions and sumac مسخن

Tweet I was driving around Dallas and stumbled on a tiny bakery with the name Phoenicia Bakery. I immediately got out of the car to investigate and met a sweet lady inside who told me she was from West Bekaa, in Lebanon; she and her husband are making traditional Lebanese bread like this markook that [...]
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Mussaka Lebanese-style (Maghmoor)مسقعۃ

Tweet This is our mussaka. It is eaten at room temperature and does not contain any meat! Totally vegetarian! Only small and sweet eggplants, onions, garlic, garbanzo beans, tomatoes and a taste of mint. It is the kind of dish to prepare for a party because it can be made a couple days ahead and [...]
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