Tag Archives: cilantro

Gazpacho with roasted green wheat (freekeh gaspacho)

Hot muggy weather and people are swearing that this summer has been the worst ever; as a result, the streets of Beirut are deserted on the weekend, with Beirutis fleeing en masse to the beach or the mountains for a brief respite.  Well  I am happy I get to drive in the city when it [...]
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White fish fillets with herbs, tomato sauce and arak

One of the people that I really enjoy spending time with is Um Elias (Mother of Elias, her first born son, a traditional way to call mothers here). She is a true mountain girl, a mother to six grown children, a grandmother of five and  still youthful-looking; every morning she  drinks her Turkish coffee  and [...]
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Frog legs with garlic and cilantro

Yesterday, I had a vision of my grandmother and I sitting down in her favorite hotel in Chtaura, a town in the Bekaa Valley, eating frog legs with garlic and cilantro. I wanted to relive that moment; what better way than  to find some frog legs and prepare them? In Beirut, one can go down [...]
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