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Category Archives: Spices and Pantry items
Pickled green almonds
It is green almond time (Spring) and our trees are loaded. Everywhere markets are displaying these velvety green almonds that folks love to eat whole dipped in salt; super crunchy and a natural laxative. The almonds need to ripen on their mother (an expression from a farmer I talked to that delighted me) for a [...]
22 Comments Zaatar with pine seeds
Someone asked me if I had tried zaatar with pine seeds. Pine seeds? I knew pine nuts; pine cones; that was about it! Turns out it was a special type of zaatar that was sold in the Barouk Forest Reserve. Had to get the story on this one. This is a type of zaatar sold [...]
20 Comments Hummus, Iraqi-style
A mere five years ago, you would have suggested I try a different spice or version of hummus and I would have certainly given you a very dirty look. Today, any version that meets my taste buds is A-OK. (Heck, even Lebanese starred chefs are foregoing tradition and presenting hummus with different combos of flavors). [...]
22 Comments Sumac
Sumac is mentioned a lot in this blog, because it is such an intrinsic part of Lebanese and Levantine food in general; however, I need to caution anybody who lives in the US or Canada that the sumac in your area that grows wild is (unlike the one in Lebanon and the Near East) supposed [...]
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Foraging wild zaatar