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Spinach and bulgur cake

They say necessity is the mother of invention; I needed to use up some eggs and spinach and thought of making a country-style omelette inspired by the book on Lebanese rural recipes compiled by the AUB by Marek Battal. Well the recipe calls for whole wheat flour and water added to the eggs and vegetables [...]
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Fatayer (Spinach turnovers)

      I wish you could have tasted Asma’s fatayers! They were the best in Beirut! The dough was so thin and translucent and so buttery. The spinach filling was melting with just the right touch of tartness. Asma  was  a Kurdish lady and  mother of seven, who immigrated to Lebanon from her native [...]
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Torta Verde (Spinach quiche, Italian-style)

In Beirut, growing up, we used to go out for Italian food all the time; either for pizza (around the Corniche) or at a cafe in Hamra for lasagna or escalopes milanaise. My mother’s friend who left Egypt after Nasser started nationalizing everything even opened a tiny hole-in-the wall in Hamra making fresh pasta. This [...]
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