"Against all odds, food brings us together."
Dear foodie tribe, Happy Thanksgiving! Either you are spending it alone with immediate/extended family, I hope my two cents could be helpful in handling this big holiday meal. I am sharing in the short video below all the Thanksgiving lessons I learned the hard way over the last twelve years.
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The turkey is infamous for being dry and bland, but those who spread the rumors haven’t tried the two most powerful flavors arsenal. Nothing leads to a perfectly tender, and flavorful turkey other than brine and compound butter. That is a pretty bold statement to make, I know. Yet, it is a conclusive one, based […]
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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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Recently, Becky Hadid, the talented food photographer/blogger, and seasoned host of The Storied Recipe Podcast reached out, asking me to share with her audience my journey with food and diplomacy.
It is the story that started in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, Egypt, and then in Cairo where I studied political science to lead after the most extraordinary life across five continents.
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Belilah is a portmanteau, a made-up word coined from a combination of the French words Blé Au Lait, which means wheat-milk. Most probably, the inception of authentic Egyptian porridge is traced back to the French colonialism that lasted in Egypt from 1798 to 1801.
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Cabbage timable is a showstopper vegan dish that is easy to make and perfect to entertain.
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It was a huge honor and real pleasure to team up with the U.S. embassy in Singapore to create a video about Thanksgiving tradition. I am grateful to the hardworking and talented team behind the creation of such an immaculate piece of Culinary Diplomacy. Working on this video was a heartwarming experience where I enjoyed […]
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Hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for a large crowd calls for plenty of resourcefulness and serious time-planning skills. As I mentioned in my previous post: Thanksgiving Dinner Made Easy: Lessons Learned the Hard Way, storebought quintessential ingredients rush to our rescue when we are totally overwhelmed by the number of dishes we have to make […]
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