As soon as the first watermelons are on the market, the big knock starts for me. I run from melon to melon and hold my ear to it and start my extensive examination. What does the perfect melon sound like? It sounds a bit hollow, but still not too hollow – do you understand what …
A good stew can save the whole day, don’t you think? When I think of dishes that immediately pull me back up, warm me and make me feel good, it’s usually stews. A good example is the Lebanese bean stew Fasolia or this delicious potato stew with small Kafta meatballs. A stew for the whole …
A flat and round rolled out yeast dough in the oven suddenly starts to breathe…?How can that be?! Why does this flat bread in the oven separate right in the middle? Why does it inflate and become a mini-balloon?!“Crazy world!” I used to think as a kid – and my mother used to laugh at …
No potatoes in the Levant? Who says so? First of all, people there are absolutely crazy about fried potatoes and secondly, they like to have a fresh potato salad for the barbecue. But here, the mayonnaise is missing and in addition to that, garlic is added in a very appetizing way 😉 But what’s the …
Once upon a time there was a man named Sabich Svi Halabi. This man one day fled with his family from Iraq to Israel. There, in the early 1960s, he bought their small food stand in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv from an elderly couple and created a sandwich from the ingredients he loved. What …
Everybody who has ever been to a Turkish restaurant or snack bar for dinner knows Lahmacun these days. But actually only a few people know the name Lahm bi Ajeen, who didn’t visit the Levantine countries by chance or have their roots there. It’s time to change that. If we have Manakeesh, then there is …
No birthday, no buffet and generally no celebration or party without Sfiha! These delicious little pies with “built-in pine nut turbo” are the absolute classic when it comes to finger food in Lebanese cuisine. Small, handy and super deliciously filled. If you have known my blog for a while now, then you probably already know …
My first encounter with Musakhan was not so early in my childhood. My parents had never made this kind of roast chicken for us and so my eyes were big when a friend of my father cooked for us. The sight alone was almost majestic when suddenly a huge serving plate was lifted onto the …
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“It’s Kafta, not Köfte!” Again and again I have to tell this to friends when I serve them these delicious Lebanese kebabs made of minced meat and parsley. Well, Köfte is going in the right direction after all 😀 Kafta is as the Lebanese counterpart to the meatball, the Turkish Köfte or the Ćevapčići of …
My little niece will soon be 8 years old and has so far proved to be a very difficult eater. But there are a few things she loves to eat. One is tomatoes – actually she should be bright red in her face by now. Then there is Taboulé. The other day when we were …