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shrimp stew with tomato, dill, pinenutes

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making levantine cuisine: a new book (with recipes)

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magic carpet lasagna

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December 26, 2012December 26, 2012

the best pizza in amman? (at the very least in lweibdeh)

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I study culinary history and literature in North Africa and the Arabic speaking world; this blog is a record of what happens when I put my research and passions into play at my own stove. I focus on flavors & dishes from across the Middle East and North Africa––with a few large dashes of historical research & cultural commentary.

While most of the recipes featured here hail from the Middle East & North Africa or elsewhere in the Mediterranean, I also love to cook anything that happens to be in season. A recipe index lists all recipes alphabetically; you can also browse by category or search for keywords below.

For less cooking and more history & literature, check out my research blog. You can read more about my work and other writing here.

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Next up in #CookingWithTona🥕: a recipe so extremely loosely inspired by Molly O’Neill’s A Well-Seasoned Appetite that it became something else entirely, stemming mostly from the contents of my fridge. These included not enough leftover homemade tomato sauce to make pasta with, one piece of bacon, kale, an orange. Mixed in with some beans from the pantry…

Next up in #CookingWithTona🥕: a kale & sausage stew from Molly O’Neill’s A Well-Seasoned Appetite (1995). The genius element of this particular recipe that I’d never have come up with on my own: using balsamic vinegar to season the stew, which layered a totally different kind of acidity and flavor than my usual squeeze of lemon; perfect for a dark cozy winter day. Also pictured: the gorgeous fruit & vegetable themed floor mat my brilliant artist mother @lishnc created for my kitchen!

When my godmother Tona died two and a half years ago, she left me a staggering cookbook and recipe collection — which I’ve slowly been cataloging and thumbing through ever since. In 2022, I’m paying homage to Tona by cooking my way through her collection & sharing the results here using the hashtag #CookingWithTona🥕. If you are looking to use up some extra fennel or zhuzh up your risotto, read on!

A few images of recipes from a new book I helped edit, Making Levantine Cuisine, from @utexaspress: rice pudding (recipe from @antoniotahhan), a Gazan shrimp stew resplendent w/dill and hot peppers (recipe from @reem.kassis) which is incidentally on the menu tonight, and a carrot & tahini dip from Suzanne Zeidy (you may be familiar with it from eating at Cairo Kitchen! now you can make it at home).

(re-posted bc technical difficulties): Since September I’ve cooked my way through @anasatassi’s wonderful cookbook, Sumac: Recipes and Stories from Syria. Tune into the Radical Books Collective event tomorrow (December 3rd) to hear my interview with Atassi about his research, creative process, sumac as a “red thread” linking the book’s dishes to one another and connecting Syria’s past to today’s kitchens, and what street food has to do with freedom. Links to the livestream in bio.

Xander the Moroccan rescue kitty always goes for the shelves with North African content. Today’s browsing interests: Fanon, Laroui, Mernissi and more #smartycat

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