Daily Archives: October 12, 2009

Potatoes and Black Beans with garlic and cilantro

Tweet I was reading  in the Culinary Heritage of Lebanon about a dish from the Tripoli region in the north of Lebanon which is a simple casserole of beans and potatoes  mixed with some olive oil and onions. What an attractive and homey dish! I  was inspired and decided to do a slightly different version [...]
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Tweet We were taking a stroll last summer near Deir El-Kamar, our  beautiful hometown in the Shouf mountains. We were at the top of a hill, surrounded by empty fields and we saw an elderly man hunched over bushes carrying huge plastic bags. He turned around to greet us and with a wide grin  said [...]
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