Monthly Archives: September 2011

Postcard from Up North

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Maureen Abood
Pumpkins 2 POST

When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn. ~ Ralph … Continue reading →

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Fried Cauliflower, and this time last year

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Maureen Abood
Cauliflower with tahini up close POST

I’m thinking a lot about culinary school this week, because it was exactly one year ago that I entered the professional program at Tante Marie’s Cooking School in San Francisco. I had just left my job of many years in … Continue reading →

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Ingredient: Cauliflower

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Maureen Abood
Califlowers2 POST

You knew I had to come out with a vegetable this week after all of that meat. Does it surprise you that cauliflower turns up in Lebanese cuisine? It’s there, in virtually every Lebanese cookbook I own, as well as … Continue reading →

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Postcard from Up North

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Maureen Abood
The Pointer POST

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and … Continue reading →

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Baked Kibbeh: You say meatloaf, I say meatlove

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Maureen Abood
Kibbee Sahnee bakedPOST

We aren’t the only ones making kibbeh this week…David Tanis at the New York Times baked a kibbeh sahnee yesterday using a recipe from the Lebanese grandmother of a friend of his. He considers kibbeh a transformation of meat loaf, … Continue reading →

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