Monthly Archives: September 2011

Banana Muffins

Tweet I am prefectly aware that the world does not need another banana muffin recipe; notwithstanding, I am sharing this one because it originally was published in one of Maida Heatter’s cookbooks and after trying it once, I stuck with it for the following twenty years. Why? Because it was moist, had little sugar and [...]
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Open ravioli with tuna and clam sauce

Tweet Chef Mathieu Rostaing Tayard presented a dish titled Opened ravioli (with fava beans and rabbit)Raviole ouverte aux herbes, effilochée de lapin, fèves et crevettes grises and I just loved the concept of an open ravioli. Just keep the stuffing out, or incorporated into the sauce, and voilà! This pasta is doable with stuff  from [...]
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Jujube, a super fruit

Tweet I ate my fill of jujube (ennabe) last summer in Beirut; this time, I found some big ones (less flavorful though) at the Asian supermarket for a song (USD$1.29/pound). Did you know this fruit was used in Chinese medicine for 4000 years? That it helps with sore throats, liver problems, inhibits certain cancer cells, [...]
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