Category Archives: pumpkin

Pumpkin bavarian with caramelized pecans and pistachios

I am going to spend Thanksgiving with  friends and I am supposed to bring the pumpkin dessert. The problem is I am not excited about pumpkin pie. I just don’t feel like making one and buying one is out of the question, most of the time the crust is disgusting. So this dessert is my [...]
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Caramelized pumpkin with clotted cream (Kabak tatlisi)

I found out about this event a few days ago. Sounded very interesting especially since Turkey was the first country mentioned and I am going to visit Istanbul for the first time in December! Prior to this dish, you would have mentioned pumpkin dessert to me, and frankly you would not have gotten a very enthusiastic [...]
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Pumpkin Couscous, Moroccan-style

I love to be able to get, in Dallas, Texas, from the comfort of home, a first-hand look at what is going on in Lebanon through satellite channels. This morning, I was watching LBC (Lebanon Broadcast Channel); they have a cooking segment entitled Sofra daymeh and the Chef was demonstrating how to do a [...]
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