Master baker Michael Hanson chef and owner of The Hearth Pizzeria and Bake House in Lewes Sussex will be hosting a charity event featur...

Almost a year ago I was contacted by Paul, the man behind Cocoa Hernando , asking for ideas to develop a Syria inspired chocolate bar....

Lamb shanks were a revelation the first time I tried them. Believe it or not  that was only 5 years or so ago.  In Syria we don...

I first published this post five years ago. I read it today for the first time since then. It brought a tear to my eye remembering a time o...

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...

If you are one of the handful of people still reading my blog after couple of years of only occasional posts you might know I was born...

Up to and including the infamous Olympic rings incident, the Sochi games have been a complete PR disaster for Russia (On some level I ...