Lebanon
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Tabbouleh
Beirut's parsley salad: a mountain of chopped parsley and mint with fine bulgur, tomato and lemon — salad as a green spice, not a side. Ingredients: flat-leaf parsley (bunches), mint, tomatoes, spring onions, fine bulgur…
Kibbeh
The Levant's national treasure: a shell of fine bulgur and meat around a spiced meat-and-pine-nut heart — raw, baked, fried or in yogurt, each form a craft. Ingredients: fine bulgur, lean lamb or beef, onion, allspice, c…
Fattoush
The bread salad of thrift and genius: toasted pita shards over purslane, tomatoes, cucumber and radish in a sumac-lemon dressing. Ingredients: pita bread, purslane or romaine, tomatoes, cucumber, radishes, spring onions,…
Manakish
Lebanon's breakfast flatbread: thin dough baked with za'atar paste, cheese or minced meat, folded around tomatoes, mint and olives. Ingredients: flour, yeast, water, salt, olive oil (dough); toppings: za'atar mixed with…
World Cuisines
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