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Taro root with spinach, chick peas and cilantro pesto

Taro root is a vegetable that is commonly used in Lebanon, especially during Lent. It is cultivated locally and  known as kolkass; I know from my Egyptian friend Phoebe that the Egyptians love it too; in fact, when I stopped by the Palestinian grocer I found bags of Taro root in the freezer imported from [...]
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Fava bean and yogurt stew over Basmati rice

In the Near East, everybody is crazy about fava beans; it’s my mother’s favorite dish. In our family, fava beans were made in a yogurt-based stew with lamb shanks.  I grabbed a bag of frozen fava beans from the Palestinian grocer; these  are imported from Egypt ( fava beans are a staple food in Egypt). [...]
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Spinach and rice casserole (Sabanegh be-roz)

You know what happens when you are a child and you are not particularly welcome in the kitchen? You start to rely on your sense of smell to give you an indication of what is going on! For instance, if you smell ghee (samneh) sizzling in the pot, you know a stew is being made [...]
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