Have you worried about having vegetarian or vegan options at a restaurant with family or friends? Arab food actually has an impressive array of options for a vegetarian diet. Despite many popular arab foods including meat, there are traditional meals that are perfectly hearty and healthy without it. You will still be stuffed to the brim after grabbing seconds and thirds at any Arab household or restaurant.
While others baked bread, I dabbled in Lebanese cooking and grew fonder of the ways in which the gastronomical practices of my childhood unwillingly equipped me for life in lockdown and quarantine. SOURCE: SBS.COM BY: SARAH AYOUB In the fortnight before I gave birth to my third child, I was leaving my friend Viola’s house … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Arab America Contributing Writer In the U.S. today, health departments urge Americans left and right to avoid consuming raw meat, but the Lebanese community is scoffing off those warnings for the delicious kibbeh nayeh. Raw kibbeh, known as kibbeh nayeh, is the quintessential Lebanese dish appearing at all holiday feasts. It consists of … Continued
(Tom Perkins) Dishes at Al Ameer. By: Tom Perkins Source: Detroit Metro Times The dish that Dearborn’s Al Ameer is known for in the Lebanese community is the boneless char-grilled chicken, a common plate at the nation’s weddings and celebrations. While it perhaps sounds like a slightly American menu item, the name is modest — it’s … Continued
BY DAVE SIMPSON MUNCHIES Most, if not all, of the dozen immigrant-owned restaurants I’ve visited in the middle of the United States were surviving day-to-day or hour-to-hour, often taking losses, gambling on a dream, gambling that their people would hold them down. Alex Harb, in Wichita, Kansas, has different goals: “500 Meddys across the country.” Harb … Continued
By Anneka Manning SBS.com I didn’t know how lucky I was at the time, but my true introduction to traditional Lebanese food happened in the early days of dating the man who would become my husband – Paul. Made with love by his grandmother and steeped in family history, dishes like kibbeh nayyeh – finely … Continued
By JONATHAN FORANI The Star Chicken shawarma isn’t supposed to be cooked at home. The Lebanese dish is classic street food. Often nearly 300 pounds of layered meat cooked for hours on a vertical spit, shaved off and tossed into garlicky wraps and plates. I spend way too much money on it, justified because it … Continued
the two balilas (on the left, the “disaster” and on the right, the redone version © linda dalal sawaya 2016 Balila is an Arabic word that rolls off the tongue in a musical way. And as music is filled with variation, this Middle Eastern dish is as varied as the region from which it comes. … Continued
8 Results (Page 1 of 1)
Loading ...