…all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed! Yes it’s spaghetti and meatballs! This is one of my favorites Hmm it also reminds me of the sooo cute scene from Lady and the Tramp when they accidentally share the spaghetti strand and end up in a surprise kiss!! Ah one of the [...]
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Recipe adapted from purely vegetarian by Paul Gayler. You can also try my lamb Kebbeh recipe. Aubergine Kebbeh olive oil 1 aubergine, cut into 1 cm dice 1 onion, finely diced 1 garlic clove, minced 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 120g burghul cooked juice of 1 lemon 1 beef tomato, blanched, peeled and [...]
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Roasted Lamb 1 leg of lamb (1.5 kg) bunch of mint 3 tablespoons of cumin 2 tablespoons 7 spices 1 tablespoons tumeric 1 tablespoons cinnamon 1 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons salt 2 onions, 1 grated and 1 medium chop 1 garlic bulb-smashed 125ml good red wine 125ml olive oil/Argan oil Mix all the spices and salt [...]
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This is a very simple dish to make and one of my favorite ways to have green beans. The smell of this dish reminds me of my school days when I used to complain about having to eat this? How times change! We would have it with lamb shanks but I much prefer it without. [...]
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I’ve been at my in-laws for the past few days and this is one of a few dishes I have soooo enjoyed making for them. It wouldn’t have been the same without my commis chef Jim and Joyce. They are probably happy that I’m gone now because they won’t have to eat cold food, as I photograph [...]
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WARNING: This garlic sauce is probably like none other you’ve tasted before (unless you’ve eaten a whole clove of garlic in raw form and in one go) It’s best eaten with chicken but never by chickens! Garlic is an integral part of cooking in Lebanon. I can remember my love for garlic or “Toum” since [...]
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I know, I know… the name’s not very appealing! However, if you taste this chicken you will never appreciate chicken any other way. I learned about Beer Butt Chicken (also called beer can chicken, chicken on the throne) no where else but in Houston, Texas where I lived for a short period of time. The [...]
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I developed this recipe while living on Maui, Hawaii. Nearby I had a great Lavender farm as well as a goat farm (www.surfinggoatdairy.com). The lavender farm (www.aliikulalavender.com) sold culinary lavender as well as lavender pepper seasoning amongst many others. And so I fell in love with the idea of cooking with Lavender. You will notice [...]
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Falafel Falafel is Middle Eastern fast food and is made out of fava beans or chickpeas. I can’t imagine having this without Tarator sauce (Middle Eastern tahini sauce made out of tahini, lemon juice and garlic) 500g of soaked chickpeas, soak them overnight (about 250g dry) (for best results let them sit in a colander [...]
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