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Scallops on artichoke bottoms in a tahini sauce

This recipe is based on a classic dish  in Lebanese cuisine called tagen.  Tagen is a fish stew that is composed of fish with  caramelized onions bathing in a tahini and lemon sauce. I found some frozen artichoke bottoms at the middle-eastern grocer  imported from Egypt. Artichoke bottoms are very popular  in the near-east and [...]
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Scallops with asparagus in passion fruit vinaigrette and parmesan tuiles

This is my menu for Valentine’s day celebration as well as All Through the Year Cheer contest. I got the idea for the vinaigrette from La Cuisine de Mercotte ; when I moved to France in the seventies, the most incredible food I tasted was a passion fruit sorbet. I wanted to find it in [...]
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Scallops with pasta, Tripoli-style

Tripoli is Lebanon’s largest Northern city. I remember spending a weekend there  as a teenager with a  family  whose father was a business associate of my father’s. My first time there. I thought the city was magical.  My friend Aboud took me on long walks  through the old city. I was mesmerized ! the Citadel [...]
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