Category Archives: Recipes and How-tos

Cheesecake (Knefeh)

Knefeh is our national cheesecake; it is eaten in Lebanon for breakfast as well as dessert. Like all pastries, it does not contain eggs; made of  a cheese  similar to mozzarella and a semolina and butter crust. It is sweetened by dousing syrup on it after it comes out from the oven, piping hot. [...]
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Apricot jam, solar-powered

Words cannot convey  the heavenly perfume emanating from these abricots, locally picked in the Chouf region (about 40 km south-east of Beirut) . If I could invite everyone to dip their head in the basket and inhale. What an experience! Designers would start selling apricot fragrances.  I would love to smell like a Lebanese  apricot. Everyone [...]
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Tamryeh in Deir El-Kamar

  Almost everyone you meet in Beirut comes from a specific village outside of the city. My family is no exception. On my mother’s side, our roots are in Deir el-Kamar, also known as the City of Emirs (Princes); in my own prejudiced view, it is the most beautiful small town in Lebanon. Not only for the [...]
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