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Mussakhan (Palestinian chicken wrap with onions and sumac)

This dish is inspired by the classic Palestinian dish called mussakhan (pronounce moo-ssa-khann), which is Arabic for “heated up”. A thin bread encases chicken and rings of caramelized onions fragrant...

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Potato croquettes (Batata chap)

I wrote a post about our family trip to Iraq and the Marsh Lands a few months ago and included a recipe for a traditional Iraqi dish, batata chap (batata means potato in Arabic). A reader of this...

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Pastato

I saw chef Adèle Hugot cook pasta this way (and call it pastato), I thought “it really is not that much different from what we have been doing with vermicelli and rice in the Lebanese kitchen”. She...

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Fattet al-betenjane (eggplant casserole)

I am surprised that this dish (and its many variations) is not more popular in the US and abroad; I consider it the signature dish of all Middle-Eastern cooking. It apparently goes back centuries to...

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Meat pies, Lebanese-style (Sfeeha)

  If there is one pastry item that deserves a standing ovation from the Lebanese kitchen, it is sfeeha (pronounced s-f-ee-ha with the “a” like apple). What is sfeeha? A little meat pie; made...

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Swiss chard and tahini beoreg

The Armenian community in Lebanon has always fascinated me; I had Armenian friends in school, an Armenian dentist, knew Armenian musicians, carpenters, artists; we lived side by side, yet they spoke...

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Eggplant with yogurt sauce (Fattet al-Makdoos)

In what city in the world can you get this meal delivered to your door? That is what happened today when I called my caterer/friend/neighbor, Rima @RimRam Gourmet and asked her to help me out.  Rima,...

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Eggplant casserole (Fattet betenjan)

Hardly any dish in the Middle-East is more finger-licking or easier to prepare. Layer a food with fried pita croutons and a  yogurt sauce flavored with tahini and a touch of garlic; oh, and a...

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Fattet Hummus

  This is a traditional dish and I believe it is specific to the Sunni communities in Beirut. While living in California, I became friends with  a Lebanese man. He and I  worked in the same building....

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Banana Bread

  I have tried probably hundreds of banana bread recipes over the years; this is the last one I tried, a recipe I read on the inside cover of a Reynolds parchment paper box and adapted to my own taste....

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