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Chicken muhammara (Djej muhammara)
Cannot get any more down home than this! I had this dish very often one summer while in the mountains preparing for my Arabic high school diploma exams. It was a welcome respite from studying; and...
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Chicken with apple chutney
I adore apples; and I am already mourning the end of their season. So, why not make a chutney? It is easy and goes with anything. (I would love to make it with duck). Here it is served with chicken...
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Chicken steamed in arak
These days I have zero time to cook; so I am concentrating on dishes that take less than 10 minutes of prep time; this one is borrowed from the Japanese cuisine, where chicken is steamed in sake....
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Dogs and crêpes
I had glorious intentions: I was going to make chicken sausages at home and stuff these pepper crêpes with them; hmm. I ended up buying a package of chicken franks at the store, (super salty), to save...
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Drumsticks with pomegranate-cilantro sauce
If you are interested in saving some time and still having flavorful meals, why not make some cilantro pesto and freezing it? It will keep very well, for months, and if you make a bunch and fill up an...
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Persian chicken and butternut stew (Khoresh)
Living in Los Angeles and Orange County allowed me to meet and befriend Persians and fall in love with Persian cuisine. It is a refined and exquisite cuisine and one from which there is much to...
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Lebanese couscous (Moghrabieh)
This is the Lebanese equivalent of couscous, aptly called moghrabieh. Moghrabieh, (meaning ” a dish from the Maghreb”) is a much-beloved traditional dish in Lebanon and is considered a feasting...
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Chicken Asian-style
A large number of Filipinos reside in Lebanon and this dish is inspired by a recipe from an article featuring Filipino cuisine in Fatafeat magazine (12/09 issue). This chicken and veggie dish...
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Chicken cold cut
I don’t set foot in fast-food sandwich places. I hate cold cuts. Too salty, no flavor. That being said, I still love a good club sandwich. So I made the cold cuts myself. I got the idea from Eric...
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Chicken soup with semolina
This is a simple chicken soup thickened a bit with some semolina and flavored with cardamom; cardamom is a spice much beloved in the Arab world, actually said to have been used all the way back to...
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