Monthly Archives: September 2011

Chocolate mousse

Would you be touched and thrilled if someone remembered a dessert you made twenty years earlier and would tell you that they had never tasted one as good? I was when my friend Virginie asked me for my chocolate mousse recipe. Trouble is, I had not made a chocolate mousse since then (twenty years ago). [...]
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Lebanese meatballs (Dawood Basha)

Lebanon (and the rest of the Levant) was under Ottoman rule until the end of WWI and back then high-ranking officers were called basha; hence the name of this dish, after an Armenian governor or pasha (basha is the Arabic pronounciation since p as a sound does not exist in Arabic) who was appointed to [...]
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Zaatar croissant

Zaatar croissants are offered in every pastry shop in Beirut. Once you have tried one, the plain croissants taste just, well, too plain. There is something irresistible about the slightly pungent, aromatic and nutty zaatar. The croissant idea was a challenge from Stevie, and Heavenly Housewive. The challenge  was compounded by the fact that temperatures [...]
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