Posted on June 28th, 2010 by sanaacooks
It is officially summer which means the opening season for picnics. Whatever the menu in any picnic, there is always a potato salad on the table. I pride myself of trying every dish that someone bring to a gathering, the only exception is the potato salad. Don’t misunderstand me, I like potato salad like most [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2010 by sanaacooks
One of the great invention of cooks in the Levant is Bulgar wheat. Bulgar is made by parboiling wheat, which is defined first as boiling the wheat, then drying it. One can find Bulgar wheat in most stores because it full of nutrient, has more fiber than rice and does not effect the blood sugar [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Some of the best dishes in every cuisine in the world has been developed from the creativity of ancient cooks who refused to throw away food that is not fresh either because of poverty orbecause the lack of access to plentiful ingredients. In the Mediterranean, bread was a basic ingredient that should never be wasted. Cookes used dry and [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by sanaacooks
My Italian friends would scream if they knew I mention tofu and Italian in the same sentence let alone using it in Italian food. One of the characteristic of tofu is that it is flavorless. Some people find that to be very disadvantageous. For me, I see that as a plus. Because tofu has no taste it can [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2010 by sanaacooks
When my husband’s sister, Virginia, was alive, she kept the entire family amused by denying her age. Some people call it “lying” about one’s age, but with Virginia, we always called it “being in denial.” For example, one day at lunch, her daughter told us that she was having her 50th birthday the second day. [...]
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Posted on April 15th, 2010 by sanaacooks
Growing up I knew of two kind of flour; dark-whole wheat flour- or white flour -bleached-. For me wheat flour was the only choice because wheat was the grain that planted there. In Latin America, corn is easier to come by that wheat. The result is that cooking with corn flour is a staple in [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2010 by sanaacooks
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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