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Green beans, bulgur and chick peas casserole (Madfoonet loobyeh)

Madfooneh means buried;  here,  green beans are buried in bulgur and chick peas; a  rural dish from the  region west of the Bekaa valley.  The bulgur after cooking becomes silky soft and turns me into a glutton. I  try to resist eating too much of this dish in one sitting. Eating it  takes [...]
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Octopus risotto (Crni rizot)

This post is an opportunity for me to pay homage to my paternal grandmother, Marie Pavlovic. Originally from Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast, her father had been a Captain in the merchant marine fleet from Croatia, shuttling between the Adriatic and the Mediterranean; Marie was a product of an era permeated by  the Austro-Hungarian empire [...]
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Lamb shank and bean soup (Shorbet mawzate w fassoulia)

One of my pet peeves is this: I go out to eat at a “nice” restaurant, I order soup, I taste the soup, it tastes CANNED. AAAAh!!!! Am I nuts or do other people feel as annoyed as I do? Soup is so important! I mean, anybody can throw a piece of meat on a grill [...]
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