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Dandelion salad with halloumi croutons

If your partner is a carnivore and after asking you “what is for dinner”, the answer is: “Dandelion salad with cheese”, there is a high likelihood of hearing grumbling or protests. Please hear me out. This salad has a heap of fried onion rings. The dandelions are coated with olive oil, making them taste rich [...]
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Lebanese meat pies (Sfeeha)

  If there is one pastry item that deserves a standing ovation from the Lebanese kitchen, it is sfeeha (pronounced s-f-ee-ha with the “a” like apple). What is sfeeha? A little meat pie; made extraordinary by the folks in Baalbeck (the number one tourist destination in Lebanon, site of incredible Roman temples). Why extraordinary? The [...]
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Kurdish kebab (Kebab a fistiqan)

There are many Kurds who live in Lebanon especially Beirut and I have met and grown fond of a few. I have admired their courage  and always felt a fascination for their culture and traditions and sad for their hardships. I recently found out that there are several flights a week from Beirut to Kurdistan [...]
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