Category Archives: snacks

Olives stuffed with cheese

Or how to eat olives and cheese in one bite! Pick a strong goat cheese to offset the pungent taste of the olives; get some pitted olives and a decorating bag with a tiny tube and you can get this fancy appetizer ready in no time! Photo taken from my aunt’s balcony in Adma, Lebanon. [...]
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Lebanese snacks

Greengrocers, street cart vendors are displaying huge mounds of these fresh almonds (background) and sour plums called janarek.  These are eaten here as a snack with a dab of salt, but I have used the almonds cut up in salads with good results. They are very crunchy and a bit sour.    [Translate]
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Tunisian donuts (Ftira)

Beirut and Lebanon in general are  seriously  lacking in North African restaurants or foods from the Maghreb; it is easier to find a can of harissa in Dallas than in Beirut!  So imagine the thrill I felt when Leyth Hazgui,  from the resort town of Hammamet, flagged me about his native ftira, with a recipe [...]
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