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Celebrations – My youth memoirs of Easter
Within a few weeks we celebrate Ramadan and Easter. A time of celebrations I enjoyed growing up. Both celebrations were about preparing for a time to come together. That involved cleaning the house despite being cleaned regularly. Also, preparing and cooking recipes...
Murdering Tabouleh
A warning note before I start. This blog is in fact a rant. Tabbouleh is a Levantine healthy vegan salad made with lots of flat leaf parsley, mint, tomatoes, onion, lemon juice, olive oil and crushed wheat. Brown crushed wheat (wheat with skin on) is the authentic...
Vegetarian: to be or not to be…
Let me set the record right. I am not a vegetarian. I eat absolutely anything that is not hot spicy, so chilli and the such are not in my dictionary. But I use vegetables a lot in my cooking. Lebanese food is recognised as the most versatile in the world because it...