Safflower or عصفر in Arabic (pronounced Osfor) is a little know spice used in Damascene cooking. It has an earthy subtle flavour and gives ...

Freekeh (فريكة roughly translated, Rubbed ) is a type of wheat grain common in the Levant, Egypt, Turkey and parts of North Africa. Freekeh...

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...

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 ...

If you are of the foodie types you will know pomegranate molasses has been in vouge for quite a while. You see it every where nowadays; in c...

For those who read my Kammun post, it is snowing in Damascus today.

Shanklish is the only "blue" cheese of Syria and Lebanon. I say blue because the cheese is left to age and develop mould layer on ...