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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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Egg in chocolate cream

It  dawned on me that Easter is coming up when I saw rows of chocolate eggs all over the chocolate stores in Beirut;  figured I needed to come up with something quick.  My mother subscribes to a French weekly women’s magazine and leafing through it I found what I was looking for; their recipe however [...]
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Halvah cream

  Lebanon is a small country with the distinction of having been occupied by many cultures through the ages; most recently, the Ottomans were in charge for a few centuries and left an imprint on food. In fact, a lot of the foods people eat is an Ottoman legacy (like shawarma or baklava). In my [...]
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Chestnut/chocolate cream (Turinois)

  This is a no-bake dessert devised by Françoise Bernard, the Goddess of French cooking in the sixties and seventies. My mother who was a die-hard francophile always had her books in the kitchen especially when the family moved to France. Françoise Bernard specialized in easy, practical, recipes for the busy housewive or working woman; [...]
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New Year’s fritters (Mushabbak)

Happy New Year 2013. Fritters, aka  Mushabbak or Zlabiah INGREDIENTS: 8 servings 1 cup of flour 1 cup of cornflour 1 Tbsp. of dry instant yeast 1 Tbsp. of sugar 1/2 tsp. of cardamom (or mahlab) 1 liter (4 cups) of oil Sugar syrup: 2 cups sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp. lemon juice 1 [...]
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