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  • 17, June
    I still remember the day clearly. I was at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery and Tom Jaine had just beaten me to…
  • 17, June
    There is an Arabic word that my sisters and I loved using when I lived in Beirut, mulazlazeh meaning plump…
  • 17, June
    I am finally taking the jump and joining the supper club crowds but only for a limited time and to…
  • 17, June
    Ka’keh is the quintessential Lebanese street food. Vendors have them precariously strung on various structures which they fit on their…
  • 17, June
    Last month’s belly dancer was ‘mulazlazeh’ (endearingly plump in Arabic) while this month’s has a pretty gorgeous figure, and an…
  • 17, June
    So, I had my first supper club night, a Lebanese/Syrian dinner, and it was great. Full house with charming guests,…
  • 17, June
    Æbleskiver and muuiko: a brioche-like doughnut with a fried fresh water baby fish spiked into it — that and Boulette’s Larder doughnuts…
  • 17, June
    There are times when my life seems to be charmed while other times it is just jinxed. Fortunately, I am…
  • 17, June
    Very soon I will be back in London and it will be the end of my lovely Italian meals unless…
  • 17, June
    It’s official. Kitty Fotsaty is my new favourite belly dancer. I had never heard of Kitty until I started looking for my belly…