Saudi Date Cookies
This cookie epitomizes Saudi Arabia for most of us: A large country with a huge desert, lots of date trees and tons of oil. It is also the country where the Prophet Mohammed صلى الله عليه وسلم was born and where he spearheaded one of the world’s largest religions....
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Garlic paste
I hesitated a long time before writing this post. After all, who does not know how to use garlic? It just is such an essential part of Lebanese cooking, I had to include it! Mashing garlic is the classic way that it is used in our cuisine. Garlic is...
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Salmon and broccoli timbale
Sorry for using a French word; I did not know how to call this and since I baked the salmon in custard cups with a broccoli/potato puree in the middle, the word seemed fitting. Just an idea that came to me after I bought some wild Alaskan salmon at the...
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Eggplant and toasted pita casserole (Fatteh betanjan)
Stuffed Cabbage
I have a love/hate relationship with cabbage. I hate the smell of cabbage when it is cooking in water. Hate it so much that I want to grab it and toss it out the window. Its smell makes me think of Zola or Dickens, people living in hovels, eating...
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Biscotti with hazelnuts, chocolate nibs and cranberries
I spotted some beautiful biscottis in kalofagas.ca and I knew I had to make them! Making the dough sounded as easy as 1,2,3. I am in the mood for easy right now! The recipe called for cinnamon and I prefer to bypass cinnamon in sweet things; see, in our...
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Favorite places in three cities
Nisrine has tagged me and I am to play a little game; the game consists of listing three favorite places and post about it. Fine, Nisrine, as long as you don’t ask me to play bridge, I will do it. Arlequin in San Fransisco, California, Mariages Frères in Paris, France and...
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Spinach and rice casserole (Sabanegh be-roz)
You know what happens when you are a child and you are not particularly welcome in the kitchen? You start to rely on your sense of smell to give you an indication ofwhat is going on! For instance, if you smell ghee (samneh) sizzling in the pot, you know a...
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Candied chick peas (Kdaameh)
My neighbor Mary was over and (like everybody else these days) is on a Weight Watchers diet. I introduced her to these candied chick peas or kdaameh which she kept popping in her mouth; she could not believe she was eating chick peas and a candy at the same time....
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