Tag Archives: pita

Pita and onion fries

Chef Ramzi Choueiry was the first Lebanese chef to showcase the regional variations in traditional Lebanese cuisine; in his monumental Culinary Heritage of Lebanon he explored the country, stopping at remote villages and transcribing recipes local folks would give him. This happens to be one of them, stunning in its simplicity: just fry pita croutons and [...]
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Sfeeha on pita

There is no question sfeeha is a masterpiece in the Lebanese kitchen. What happens though when one does not have the time, energy or inclination  to make the dough, let it rise, roll it out,  pinch it gently into these adorable mini-meat pies, let them rest, bake, then serve  to a famished audience? Enter sfeeha [...]
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Foul

If you live in the US or elsewhere and you would like to get a glimpse of the food most popular in Egypt, then open a can of foul mudammas and make yourself a bowl of foul. Foul mudammas in cans is available at any Middle-Eastern store or even the ethnic section of supermarkets. Foul [...]
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