"Against all odds, food brings us together."
With this recipe for Chicken Shawarma, you will learn how to make an exotic, juicy, spicy, and crunchy shawarma sandwich in the comfort of your own home. Bonus: an easy, decadent, and egg-free Toum (garlic spread) recipe is included in the post.
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Chipotle Turkey is a front and center holiday dish. It is spicy and moist, with crispy, golden skin that will prove the turkey haters wrong.
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Turkey is infamous for being dry and bland, but those who spread the rumors haven’t tried the two most powerful flavor arsenals. Nothing leads to a perfectly tender and flavorful turkey other than brine and compound butter. This is a pretty bold statement to make, I know. Yet, it is a conclusive one, based on […]
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This week I am thrilled to host the talented Egyptian food caterer and recipe developer, Menna Rashwan. Menna, who runs her own food business in Salt Lake City in the US, managed in relatively short time to grow a raving audience of her authentic Egyptian dishes. Her radiant Instagram page @azizaslc is clear evidence of […]
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Zaatar Lemon chicken is a roasted chicken dish that is flavorsome and incredibly easy to make. It is perfect for entertaining and wonderful as a quick-fix dinner. I concocted this recipe relying on my unbeatable memory taste of the best grilled chicken I had in one of Egypt’s restaurant.
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Rolled grape leaves are an Iconic Middle Eastern dish with a wide appeal for ostensible reasons. The paper-thin briny grape leaves encase a juicy traditional mix of rice and meat, either beef or lamb or only rice. The stuffing is spiked by an assortment of pungent spices such as cardamom, cumin, allspice, and cinnamon.
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Chicken Marabella is an exotic Mediterranean crowd pleaser. It is a simple dish to make, yet it delivers complex flavors as it is sweet, briny, and zesty.
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Ras-El-Hanout – Spiked Coiled Chicken Pie is a quick fix and a practical make ahead dish. It is an exotic and aesthetic crowd pleaser dish that carries robust flavors and interesting textures.
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