Sainsbury's has introduced a new(ish) flat bread couple of months ago and it is fantastic! Miles better than any pitta bread yo...

Potato occupies an awkward spot in Syrian cuisine.  It is not a true vegetables in the way we use vegetables in our cooking. We do...

30 years ago Syria's Assad regime committed one of the worst massacres in the twentieth century. 20000 people of the city of Hama los...

This post and my previous one on shanklish were supposed to be one post but when I started writing I discovered I have a lot to say about s...

Today's recipe is a must in any Damascene restaurant meal. It is an essential part of any meal you almost get served these by default, s...

Palestinian food shares most of its dishes with the surrounding Levantine countries. Few "national" dishes of Palestine like Maqlu...

Borak , or as commonly known by the Turkish variation of the name Borek , is an umbrella term describing a huge variety of filled pastries e...

Nakanek , or Makanek as known in Lebanon and most Levantine restaurants around the world (maqaniq is an alternative spelling) is a small thi...

The British concept of meat and two veg meals doesn't exist in Syrian, and the rest of the Middle East, cuisine. We don't use vegeta...

Like stuffed vine leaves, Moussaka is another ex-Ottoman Empire dish. While most of the people outside the region know the Greek version of...

I don't know how did I manage to go over a year of blogging without a recipe for Tabbouleh . After Hummus and the inaccurately name...

The love of stuffed vine leaves extends way beyond the borders of the Levant. People from The Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and all th...

It just occurred to me that it took me a year of blogging to reach 19 Mezze dishes. If I am ever to reach my target of one hundred and one i...

Before I posted my fried cauliflower recipe I was sure if I should post it or not. I didn't think people will be that interested in some...

I decided to use the name Hummus with Meat for this dish rather than the name used in Levantine restaurants here in London, "Hummus Kaw...

Today's dish is simply deep fried cauliflower. Deep frying vegetables is a unique method of Levantine cuisine ... I wrote the last sente...

Today's main ingredient is Sujuk , Lebanese style this time as opposed to the Damascene version I posted a recipe of couple of months...

This dish is not a traditional Syrian mezze. It made its way onto the menu of few Damascene restaurants in the last few years. Travel guides...

Barasia is Syrian for Leek. Baby leek to be precise as large leek as we know it in Europe is almost non-existant in Syria. Today's dish...

Although the salad market in Syria is dominated by Tabouleh and Fattoush, many others are making presence. In restaurants in Syria people wi...