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Category: Lebanese

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019

translating hummus

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January 25, 2016January 25, 2016

blizzard menus for snowy days

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sumac & pomegranates: a kitchen romance

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014

sumac & pomegranates: a kitchen romance

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lebneh far from home

November 3, 2013February 14, 2014

lebneh far from home

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August 6, 2013August 6, 2013

pomegranate hummus

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December 24, 2012October 15, 2015

alf ruman wa ruman 3: m’tabbal b’ruman

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it takes more than a wish to catch a fish

August 22, 2012October 23, 2012

siyyadieh: lebanese fish and rice

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August 17, 2012August 17, 2012

two cold salads for too hot weather

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just the thing

August 8, 2012August 8, 2012

the fairuz blush: lebanese cocktail for a hot day in beirut

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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 translate flavors & dishes from across the Middle East and North Africa into accessible recipes for the home cook––with a few large dashes of historical & 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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Gramming with Gaul

Slow bread, fast soup. Sourdough loaf + red lentil-coconut-cilantro soup.

Typing on an old school Underwood is exhausting and unforgiving compared to the smooth clicks and taps of the modern laptop. Rewriting ethnographic notes about the monumental Riad Belghazi (pictured here) into the introduction to the next section of this chapter on #bastilla was hard, but typing it here forced me to choose my words carefully, be concise, and focus on the (literal) mechanics rather than get wrapped up in the overload of sensory details I was trying to condense and convey. #acwriting #amwriting #fes #riad #writing #writingtipsandtricks #writingtips✏️

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