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How to make fatayar

Lebanese Meat Pies (fatayar). The raw and the cooked.

By Maureen Abood On October 20, 2014 · 83 Comments · In Breads, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes
As I have discovered in the short time I’ve been married, even among the Lebanese there are differences in the ways families make their Lebanese recipes. As my teacher in culinary school used to say: likes and dislikes have a lot to do with expectations. Take the meat fatayar (pronounced fuh-TIE-yuh). The proper preparation of [...]
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Garlicky Lentil Soup, MaureenAbood.com

My Sweetless, Meatless March

By Maureen Abood On March 5, 2014 · 13 Comments · In Menus
Easter is late this year. Which means Lent starts late (today). Which means that I have been left far too long out there on my own without this annual tap on the shoulder to stop it already with the constant indulgences. Hey, there were the holidays to celebrate, then an engagement to celebrate (another glass [...]
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Your favorite recipes of 2012, and a new way to find them

By Maureen Abood On January 3, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Stories and Recipes
It is striking to me to see how, in the year and a half since Rose Water & Orange Blossoms came on the scene, there are certain posts that pull new visitors from around the world again and again to get the goods. The most popular post since the day it was published is for [...]
Read More »
Kibbeh Footballs, MaureenAbood.com

Kibbeh Footballs, Arras Kibbeh

By Maureen Abood On September 12, 2012 · 35 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Fall, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter
Kibbeh footballs, or “arras kibbeh” is an incredibly delicious and beautiful way to prepare classic Lebanese kibbeh. The balls are shaped with the kibbeh and stuffed with househ, a lemony meat/onion/pine nut mixture. Read more about kibbeh meat here, and kibbeh recipes here and here. Try poaching uncooked arras in laban, comfort food at it’s best. [...]
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A Fall Football Menu: Tailgating, Abood-style

By Maureen Abood On September 10, 2012 · 11 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Fall, Menus
When you grow up in a college town like I did, you end up spending all of your fall Saturdays in the stadium watching football games. That was fun…but let’s face it, the tailgate party before the game has always been the bigger attraction for me. I loved going to Spartan stadium with the whole [...]
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How to make fatayar

Lebanese Meat Pies (fatayar). The raw and the cooked.

By Maureen Abood On October 20, 2014 · 83 Comments · In Breads, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes
As I have discovered in the short time I’ve been married, even among the Lebanese there are differences in the ways families make their Lebanese recipes. As my teacher in culinary school used to say: likes and dislikes have a lot to do with expectations. Take the meat fatayar (pronounced fuh-TIE-yuh). The proper preparation of [...]
Read More »
Garlicky Lentil Soup, MaureenAbood.com

My Sweetless, Meatless March

By Maureen Abood On March 5, 2014 · 13 Comments · In Menus
Easter is late this year. Which means Lent starts late (today). Which means that I have been left far too long out there on my own without this annual tap on the shoulder to stop it already with the constant indulgences. Hey, there were the holidays to celebrate, then an engagement to celebrate (another glass [...]
Read More »

Your favorite recipes of 2012, and a new way to find them

By Maureen Abood On January 3, 2013 · 4 Comments · In Stories and Recipes
It is striking to me to see how, in the year and a half since Rose Water & Orange Blossoms came on the scene, there are certain posts that pull new visitors from around the world again and again to get the goods. The most popular post since the day it was published is for [...]
Read More »
Kibbeh Footballs, MaureenAbood.com

Kibbeh Footballs, Arras Kibbeh

By Maureen Abood On September 12, 2012 · 35 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Fall, Maza, Appetizers and Dips, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter
Kibbeh footballs, or “arras kibbeh” is an incredibly delicious and beautiful way to prepare classic Lebanese kibbeh. The balls are shaped with the kibbeh and stuffed with househ, a lemony meat/onion/pine nut mixture. Read more about kibbeh meat here, and kibbeh recipes here and here. Try poaching uncooked arras in laban, comfort food at it’s best. [...]
Read More »

A Fall Football Menu: Tailgating, Abood-style

By Maureen Abood On September 10, 2012 · 11 Comments · In Chicken, Fish, Beef, Lamb, Fall, Menus
When you grow up in a college town like I did, you end up spending all of your fall Saturdays in the stadium watching football games. That was fun…but let’s face it, the tailgate party before the game has always been the bigger attraction for me. I loved going to Spartan stadium with the whole [...]
Read More »
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