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Spiced popsicles (Meghli popsicles)
My brother Michel who is established in San Fransisco, California, just had a baby, Salim Antonio, his first; Michel requested that a batch of meghli be made at our end here in Lebanon to celebrate...
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Rice paste with rosewater and ashta(shmayseh)
Most Lebanese people do not bother with making intricate Arabic-style pastries at home. I mean, would you compete with someone who has been doing it 250 years? I was spurred to try my hand at this...
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Rice flour cookies
To all my Chinese friends, I wish you a happy New Year. A Kurdish subculture exists in Lebanon made up of folks who for reasons of persecution or poverty have had to leave their land and seek...
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Rice-coconut balls with shrimp
At first look, the cuisine of the Near East and the Far East have nothing in common; and yet, there are parallels. In Lebanese cuisine, rice flour is used for sweetmeats and puddings but never in...
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