Tag Archives: Coosa

Coosa and eggs, breakfast (or dinner) of champions

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Maureen Abood
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There seems to be this idea that just because you go to culinary school and write a food blog and think and talk incessantly about food that your table is graced with elaborate meals three times a day. I’d hate … Continue reading →

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Lebanese Baklawa. Do you hear what I hear?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Maureen Abood
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The role baklawa plays in the repertoire of the Lebanese home cook is formidable. Most every Lebanese woman of my parents’ generation makes her baklawa for special occasions, especially Christmas. We swoon over baklawa to such a degree that it’s … Continue reading →

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Ingredient: Cinnamon

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Maureen Abood
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When you are eating a delicious Lebanese dish and you find yourself asking, as people often do, what it is you taste that you can’t seem to put your finger on, the answer is often cinnamon. For many, cinnamon is … Continue reading →

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Are you a coosa?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Maureen Abood
Coosa plate laban SM

Many of us at some point or another have called a small child “pumpkin.” Sweet little thing you just want to eat up. My father was someone who enjoyed taking liberties with language, and he developed his own kind of … Continue reading →

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Technique: How to core coosa, or summer squash

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Maureen Abood
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To make stuffed squash, or coosa mehshee (MEH-she), the squash has to be hollowed out. A special tool is used for this, and it’s typically called a zucchini corer. These long metal corers can be found in Middle Eastern markets … Continue reading →

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Ingredient: Summer Squash, or Coosa

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Maureen Abood
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A thrilling experience I had when I was living in Chicago was discovering Lebanese coosa at the Green City Market (I’m easily thrilled). This variety of summer squash was dubbed “Korean” squash by the wonderful Green Acres Farm, but it … Continue reading →

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