Tag Archives: eggs, omelettes, crêpes

Eggs with tomatoes and sumac

A very small restaurant  opened near our house; it has only outdoor  seating: wooden tables, benches,  umbrellas and a hedge of huge sunflowers; it serves country-style dishes in  clay ramekins.  Basic, mountain-style food that villagers and farmers  used to eat  before the big migration to the city depleted the mountains of its inhabitants. I thought [...]
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Armenian cheese pie (Porag)

Lebanon is made up of many cultures and  the Armenian community is  particularly interesting, rich in history and traditions; yet known only superficially by most people here who have lived for generations side by side  with Armenian-Lebanese. This is one of  my first attempts at the wide wide world of Armenian pastry; the dough is [...]
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Veggie fritters

Another creation from darling Eva; she took some cabbage, carrots, potato and zucchini and made these delicious fritters. She served them as a side dish  but they could just as easily constitute your lunch with a salad and some olives. INGREDIENTS: 1 Large potato 1 chunk of green cabbage 2 Large carrots 2 Large zucchinis [...]
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