Monthly Archives: February 2010

Spinach and rice casserole (Sabanegh be-roz)

Tweet You know what happens when you are a child and you are not particularly welcome in the kitchen? You start to rely on your sense of smell to give you an indication of what is going on! For instance, if you smell ghee (samneh) sizzling in the pot, you know a stew is being [...]
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Candied chick peas (Kdaameh)

Tweet My neighbor Mary was over and (like everybody else these days) is on a Weight Watchers diet. I introduced her to these candied chick peas or kdaameh which she kept popping in her mouth; she could not believe she was eating chick peas and a candy at the same time. We used to eat [...]
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Cheesecake (Knefeh)

Tweet Knefeh is our national cheesecake; it is eaten in Lebanon for breakfast as well as dessert. Like all pastries, it does not contain eggs; made of  a cheese  similar to mozzarella and a semolina and butter crust. It is sweetened by dousing syrup on it after it comes out from the oven, piping hot. [...]
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