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Pumpkin kibbeh balls (Kibbeh la’teen)

These vegan kibbeh balls are made with pumpkin and bulgur and stuffed with chard, onions and walnuts. They were traditionally prepared for fasting days. These vegetarian kibbeh are also called tricky or lying kibbeh (kibbeh heeleh or kazzabeh ) because they are supposed to look like the meat kibbeh but do not contain any meat. [...]
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Pumpkin bread

Happy Thanksgiving! This recipe was extracted from Roland Mesnier’s Dessert University. Roland Mesnier, a French native, was the Executive Pastry Chef at the White House for twenty-five years and fed the likes of President Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and others. Well if it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for us [...]
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Bazin (Libya)

Feeling compassion and a heavy heart for folks who have to endure a tragic and nightmarish situation  in Libya, I escaped  into the kitchen and made a very ancient and traditional Libyan dish, bazin. Libya is an extraordinary country with a wide coastline of beautiful beaches and a rich history replete with Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Ottomans [...]
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