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Stuffed onion skins (Salamouni mehshi)

There is a variety of onions called salamouni here, with an elongated graceful shape; they taste just like regular yellow onions but the neat thing about them is that once boiled, their skins stay curled up, making them perfect for stuffing.  This recipe is shared by Asma, my wonderful Kurdish friend, who told me it [...]
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Cabbage rolls (Mehshi malfouf)

What tourist brochures fail to mention when advertising the many advantages  of Lebanon  is that this is the place where self-expression rules. Nowhere is this more evident than on the road. Lebanese drivers favor honking as their favorite method of self-expression; to  be awakened at 3:00AM by a honking contest (when your half-conscious mind is [...]
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Mouloukhieh (Jew’s mallow soup)

To call this dish a soup is misleading;  like the Mexican posole it is a grand dish with many components each of which have to be prepared separately. Mouloukhieh is hugely popular in Lebanon and in Egypt and the exact origin of this dish has not been established yet. Suffice it to say that each [...]
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