Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sour grapes to make verjuice or husrum

These sour grapes are very small and very sour; the Middle-Eastern store had them on sale. Traditionally,  a grape vinegar  is made every year in mountain villages in Lebanon with the sour grapes  in order to have something acidic to add to salads and stuffed vegetables, in lieu of  lemons when these are no longer [...]
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Fresh strawberry muffins

  These are extra-light textured, extra-moist, slightly spongy, studded with fresh strawberry bits, doused in fresh strawberry syrup. INGREDIENTS: 2 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1 teaspoon of baking soda 1/2 teaspoon of salt 4 ounces of yogurt (114 g.) 4 ounces of melted unsalted butter (114 g.) Can substitute oil 1 [...]
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Swiss chard and tahini beoreg

The Armenian community in Lebanon has always fascinated me; I had Armenian friends in school, an Armenian dentist, knew Armenian musicians, carpenters, artists; we lived side by side, yet they spoke their own language and wrote in Armenian, a language that seemed mysterious, with letters that could not be deciphered even for someone fluent in [...]
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