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Zaatar and cheese plate

I posted an image of my foray into zaatar hunting and both Arlette and Dana mentioned the zaatar and feta cheese combo. Feta (aka Bulgarian cheese here) is crumbled, doused in olive oil and sprinkled with fresh zaatar; a breakfast and after-school snack that helped assuage my hunger daily as a child growing up in [...]
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Carrot and cheese bars

Another version of a carrot and cheese cake I made a couple of years ago;  eating a bar feels more virtuous! INGREDIENTS: 9″x9″ pan (or larger) 2 large eggs 6 ounces oil 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup raw sugar or regular 1 tablespoon of grape molasses (optional) or honey 1 tablespoon of orange rind (optional) [...]
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Persian cheese ball

This is another Persian recipe from Najmieh Batmanglij that appealed to me; it contains lots of walnuts and herbs so it could easily be a light  lunch or stuffed in a flour tortilla for quesadillas. Hope y’all had good holidays, personally I am relieved that they have come and gone.  Najmieh’s original recipe calls for [...]
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Three cheese quiche

  There is a fancy deli in Beirut called Aziz (they’ve been around forever) and they carry all the  French cheeses, American chips and salsa, Italian pastas, Thai curries  your little heart could desire; I was in a big hurry and got some Comté and some Beaufort (never tried it before). Beaufort (found out after the [...]
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Apricot halloum bites

  My brother, who for many years called Paris (France) home, asked me the following (very French) question last summer: Do you know how to pair Lebanese cheeses with fruits? I had to admit the idea never crossed my mind. So in the course of the year, I started thinking about what would go with [...]
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