Monthly Archives: March 2011

Crown cookies (kaak bel-ajweh)

Tweet This is the other pastry that would make its appearance in our house for the Easter holiday,  kaak b’ootah (aka kaak bel-ajweh); this one was my favorite because of the sweet date filling. My grandmother would sit at the tiny kitchen table and would shape these by hand with brass clips. I would use [...]
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And that vegetable is?…

Tweet Anybody care to shed some light? It is about 7 inches (18 cms)  long and weighs about 10 ounces (300 g.). ANSWER: It is a purple radish and is imported from Korea. Tweet [Translate]
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Spring soup

Tweet I lived in Aix-en-Provence for six months after finishing up high school; Aix is a beautiful town in the South of France filled with picturesque courtyards outfitted with ancient fountains and majestic old mansions. I was supposed to be studying political sciences at the university, but I found the courses too depressing and spent [...]
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