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Stuffed artichoke bottoms

Certain kitchen jobs are just not fun: Like plucking artichokes. Fortunately, the bottoms are available in all Middle-Eastern shops in the US or Canada and in every supermarket in Lebanon.  These are filled with a spinach custard; baked and topped with a slice of hard-boiled egg; it would be great too with a poached egg [...]
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Spinach, yogurt and pita croutons casserole (Fatteh sabanegh)

This is yet another version of the fatteh, a very popular dish in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan. It is prepared as a way to use up stale pita bread and any type of vegetable or meat you happen to have on hand. According to Clifford Wright, the author of A Mediterranean Feast, this dish [...]
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Taro root with spinach

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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