Monthly Archives: February 2010

Stuffed Cabbage (Mehshi Malfoof)

I have a  love/hate relationship with  cabbage.  I hate the smell of cabbage when it is cooking in water. Hate it so much that I want to grab it and toss it out the window. Its smell makes me think of Zola or Dickens,  people living in hovels, eating cabbage and water.  However, when it [...]
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Biscotti with hazelnuts, chocolate nibs and cranberries

I spotted some beautiful biscottis in  kalofagas.ca and I knew I had to make them! Making the dough sounded as easy as 1,2,3. I am in the mood for easy right now! The  recipe called  for cinnamon and I prefer to bypass  cinnamon in sweet things; see, in our Lebanese kitchen, we use cinnamon every [...]
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Tagged!

Nisrine has tagged me and I am to play a little game; the game consists of listing three favorite places and post about it.  Fine, Nisrine, as long as you don’t ask me to play bridge, I will do it. Arlequin in San Fransisco, California, Mariages Frères in Paris, France and  Al-Baba sweets, in Saida, Lebanon [...]
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