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Okra and tomato stew in polenta tartlets

I mentioned okra to my neighbor, Mary; she looked puzzled. I said ” you know, the little green vegetable with a hat that is fried and dipped in ranch dressing”; her face lit up ” Oh, yes of course, I have only had it fried”; that’s because in Texas okra is fried Mary. In Lebanon [...]
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Lamb Shanks with peas and carrots (Yakhnet al-bazella u jazar)

Whenever I meet Lebanese expats I hear them  fondly  mention the yakhneh (stew) of their mother or grandmother. There is a huge portion of the Lebanese culinary repertoire dedicated to these yakhneh, encompassing every vegetable under  the sun and almost always with the same basic  formula: a stock made of lamb shanks (or shoulder cuts), [...]
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