Category Archives: Breakfast

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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Wheat berry bowl (Sneyniyeh)

My kids who are American kids par excellence, think that cereals come in a box and are eaten with some milk. They also know that there are hundreds of varieties of cereal boxes.  I have known people in America whose devotion to these boxed cereals is unparalleled and lifelong. I have never shared that feeling. [...]
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Cinnamon roll with tahini (Tahinov Hatz)

There is  a large Armenian community living in Lebanon. The Armenians moved to Lebanon in the beginning of last century to escape persecution and massacres.  I had several Armenian friends growing up in Beirut. There are neighborhoods in the city where Armenians tend to live and go about their daily lives, Armenian churches, Armenian schools [...]
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