Tag Archives: anise

Spiced popsicles (Meghli popsicles)

My brother Michel who is established in San Fransisco, California, just had a baby, Salim Antonio, his first; Michel requested that a batch of meghli be made at our end here in Lebanon to celebrate the birth. I REALLY wanted to honor the birth of my little nephew, but I just felt like meghli (which means [...]
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Olive oil and Anise rings

One of the major challenges of blogging out of Lebanon is technical: Even though “high-speed” internet is available even in remote villages, the electricity gets cut off several times during the day; I have often been in the middle of pushing “publish” to hear the distinct “machine is dying” sound signaling a temporary loss of [...]
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Shortbread cookie (Ghoraybeh)

Apparently Valentine’s day is celebrated in Lebanon on the 13th; the reason being that  the 14th  is a national mourning day, to commemorate the brutal assassination (by massive bomb explosion) of the former Prime Minister and two dozen other people. I admire the flexibility demonstrated by my countrymen. Not one to miss a good party [...]
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