Monthly Archives: September 2009

Pico de Gallo

Living in Texas I have grown quite fond of Mexican and so-called Tex-Mex cuisine. I love it. So, as I was preparing this mujaddara it occurred to me that a fresh pico de gallo to eat it with  would be the most compatible pairing. I mean, mujaddara is supposed to be eaten with a salad [...]
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Orange jelly

بمناسبه عيدالفطرالمبارك كل عام وانتم بخير This is  a recipe that I clipped from a French weekly magazine Femme Actuelle of last month called Gelée d’orange au miel et fleur d’oranger. The recipe could not be simpler and uses fresh orange juice, honey, orange blossom water and agar-agar. Turns out agar-agar is a fabulous gelatin [...]
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Cake with molasses (Sfoof)

What would you say about eating  a slice of cake that was rich, moist, and tasted of butterscotch,without worrying about raising your blood sugar, or rotting your teeth? The answer is sfoof , but made with carob molasses. Sfoof is one of those popular cakes that used to be sold in the streets of Beirut [...]
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