By: Habeeb Salloum/Arab America Contributing Writer In the Mediterranean lands vegetables are usually stuffed with meat. However, chickpeas make a healthy substitute. This was the case with our family in the early years of immigration to the western lands of Canada. The prairies were hard-hit with about 10 years of drought not too long after … Continued
By: Yara Marei / Arab America Contributing Writer Food has a unique way of bringing people together, and celebrating it will make you enjoy your meal and feel grateful to receive grandma’s recipes generation after generation. So can you imagine that this great moment of grace and pleasure can be easily stolen, just like the … Continued
By: Menal Elmaliki / Arab America Contributing Writer It’s my aunt’s strange addiction, she has a craving for it constantly. She makes bundles at a time and even refrigerates them to eat the next day or donates it at the nearest food bank. Her obsession had nearly cost her her husband who has a chickpea … Continued
By: Caroline Umphlet / Arab America Contributing Writer Koshari (كشري) is Egypt’s national dish and is quite popular on the street. Koshari actually originated first from India. It is believed that the British brought Kosahri from India to Egypt in the late 1800s. A basic koshari dish entails a mixture of rice, brown lentils, noodles, … Continued
By: Habeeb Salloum/ Arab America Contributing Writer Neither a pea nor a bean, yet, combining the best qualities of both, the chickpea is fast catching on in almost every country of the world. Virtually unknown in North America a half century ago, this delectable legume is today found on the shelves of the supermarkets and … Continued
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