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  • 5, June
    It has taken me years to get there but I finally did, and yesterday I had lunch at Dinings after a diabolical 5…
  • 5, June
    So, I went back to Dinings again for lunch today and I have to say it was not as perfect as yesterday.…
  • 5, June
    Today is the official opening of Mark’s Tramshed, a fabulous space and fortunately just round the corner from where I live. I…
  • 5, June
    Well, the good news is that I have just finished my book, at least the first stage. The bad news…
  • 5, June
    Yesterday, one of my readers asked about the Lebanese 7-spice mixture asking what it was made of and if I…
  • 5, June
    Anissa: Two days ago, it was time for my belly dancer of the month and now it is time for…
  • 5, June
    If you are having breakfast in Uzbekistan, you would probably be eating Charles’ scarab pasta but in Morocco you would feast on melwi,…
  • 4, June
    I wrote my Lebanese cookbook 20 years ago and when I did, I wanted to include a recipe for muhammara except that…
  • 4, June
    The best shawarma I have ever had was at Siddiq in Damascus. Unlike most other shawarma places, they grill theirs…
  • 4, June
    I always thought I would be dead by the time I was 35. Then I reached that age and thought…