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

Syrians have an inherent inability to finish anything right (see Syrian Revolution). They start a wonderful piece of work or a nice pro...

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 is dedicated to the brave people of Latakia, Baniyas, Jableh and Al-Bayda village. God bless you and bless your martyrs. One of my...

When I started this blog two years ago I had two aims in mind, firstly to share my love of food and secondly, and most importantly, to show ...

Yogurt in Syria is used in a total different way to that of England. We use yogurt in its unprocessed form. We don't eat it as a desert ...

I haven't cooked spinach since I met my wife few years ago. Although it was one of my favourite vegetables to eat as a child, Nada didn...

When I posted a recipe of my take on the Syrian classic Mufaraket Batata , my friends Rania and Tammam ended up "hotly debating" w...

Bulgur is a stable ingredient of the East Mediterranean diet for centuries. Romans and Egyptian used to eat it since 1000BC. There is even r...

Today's dish is Kebab Hindi , Arabic for Indian Kebab. The person who invented and named this dish, very clearly, has never been to Indi...

Desert truffle is a distant relative of the European truffle most of you are accustomed to. They grow in the dry environment of the Mediterr...

Last night I stumbled upon some of the most original cooking videos I have seen. They are made by 7aki7aki a Syrian student in France somew...

Just a quick post today to share with you a recipe I didn't cook for years and years. It wasn't one of my favourite dishes growing u...

In the traditional Syrian households, kitchen is the woman territory. Dad brings the food, mum cooks the food. I like to believe that this f...

If you have been following my blog for some time you must have noticed that Syrian cuisine, especially in Damascus, is very light on the spi...

The other day I finished work quite late and my wife was working from home and very busy. We were starving so I wanted something quick but I...