when I grew up in Syria, my mother would bring home 20 artichokes at a time from the market so she could prepare them to store over the winter. All of us in the family had to help her by peeling the outer leaves and cleaning the Achoke@ (the fine, silky hairs near the heart [...]
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Developing methods to preserve foods is as old as civilization itself, so in itself that’s not a bad thing. For example, canning food, dehydrating and pickling vegetables during the summer to be used in the winter months is, of course, acceptable. My grandmother in Syria used to chop up lamb meat and cook it in [...]
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How many of us take the time and the trouble to read ingredient label on the packaged food we buy in the supermarkets? My guess is that not too many of us. I do, mostly because that was part of my training as a nutritionist, and is part of my psyche. While many of us [...]
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Have you ever heard of forced party?. As I get more and more busy with my business and daughter’s activities, I lament the days gone by when my mom had her Istekbal. Growing up in Syria, I used to tease my mom about her Istekbal. She use to tell me that was a way for her and [...]
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I think we should be treated much like gun buyers, who are required to wait a period of time while our credentials are being checked before we can buy a gun. I wonder if a two week cooling off period shouldn’t be required for those of us who want to jump right in and act [...]
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In the Provence region of France, Christmas Eve dinner quite often ends with thirteen different desserts, symbolizing Jesus and the twelve apostles. When we hear the phrase, “….and visions of sugar plums danced in their heads,” we are told by food historians that it derives from the custom, originating during Queen Victoria’s reign in the [...]
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In Eastern Orthodox faith, Christmas is celebrated two weeks later than in most other Christian faiths. And, of course, although Muslims in the Levant do not celebrate this holiday, they participate in the Santa Claus tradition so their children do not fee left out. In fact, in Damascus, each neighborhood hires someone to play Santa [...]
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