Category Archives: condiment

Lebanese vegan mayo

This is a great mayo, minus the eggs, that can be prepared several days ahead for a BBQ. It consists of garlic, potato, oil and a dash of salt. If you like mayo, but hate the thought of  raw eggs, this is for you; it has exactly the same texture as mayo, with the added [...]
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Lunch by the Litani river

Interested in courage? generosity? resilience in front of adversity? Then you have to meet Abu Kassem and his family. In a region known for decades as a war zone, now housing thousands of UN troops, lives Abu Kassem and his family. The Litani river, mentioned in the news every time there is talk of Lebanon, [...]
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Lebanese salad dressing, in 56 seconds

I  moved to  California  in the early eighties  and back then  everybody around me was using bottled salad dressing with names like Ranch, Thousand Islands, French; that  was  bewildering to me; I did not understand why someone would buy a bottle of these rich  concoctions when it was so easy to whip up a salad [...]
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