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Grew up in Beirut in the sixties and seventies. Had a Teta (grand-mother) at home who was in charge of the cooking. [...]
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Category Archives: condiment
Garlic paste and a giveaway
This garlic mortar is used daily here in kitchens; years ago I even brought one back with me to California because I missed it and could not find it anywhere; now, these are sold in all Middle-Eastern grocery stores and I have since bought several. I want to stress that a garlic press or simply [...]
63 Comments Pita and onion fries
Chef Ramzi Choueiry was the first Lebanese chef to showcase the regional variations in traditional Lebanese cuisine; in his monumental Culinary Heritage of Lebanon he explored the country, stopping at remote villages and transcribing recipes local folks would give him. This happens to be one of them, stunning in its simplicity: just fry pita croutons and [...]
19 Comments 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, [...]
29 Comments 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 [...]
38 Comments 
Pickled green almonds