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

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...

I love egg sandwiches in every way shape or form. Mayo, cress, boiled, fried, red sauce, brown sauce... anything with eggs really. The one I...

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...

It is so bloody hot in London. I just came back from work on the underground. I swear the temperature in that train was in the high thirties...

On my last trip to Damascus I went to my favourite Arabic Sweets shop, Alfaisal , to bring back few boxes of sweets to give away to friends ...

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