Monthly Archives: May 2011

Pineapple and salmon ceviche

With temperatures hovering around 95F, who wants to cook? Here is my feeling on salmon: Either get wild salmon or you might as well eat chicken. So I don’t buy salmon often, but the store had a sign ” Copper River wild Salmon”, which proved irresistible. I mean did you check the vibrant orange-red of [...]
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Banana flower and shrimp salad

I had seen these banana flowers last summer in Tyre, our southernmost coastal city lined with banana plantations. As it turns out, they are consumed in many countries in Asia, just not in Lebanon (or the rest of the Levant for that matter). These flowers are mild-tasting (like a Belgian endive without the bitterness) and [...]
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Mysterious fruit (or vegetable)

This is a component of a  food that most Americans are very familiar with and eat at least several times a week. CARE TO GUESS WHAT IT IS? Or DO YOU KNOW? [Translate]
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