Could a dish cause war? I would say hummous can. Almost everyone I meet brag  to have the original recipe or claim hummous as a native dish. Well, allow me to join the crowd. I use the same recipe that my mom used. My mom would place the dry garbanzo beans in large bowl and cover [...]

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 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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My daughter’s school holds “Taste Test Tuesday,” in which students sample a piece of exotic or an unknown food. The idea is to encourage the students to try something new on occasion; to let them out of the rut of eating the same food every day. The real object, of course, is to encourage healthy alternatives in their [...]

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For long time pomegranates were used either as a decorative piece or as filler for a fruit basket.  Pomegranate juice is sold now in most supermarkets and people are discovering this unique taste. Research has shown that pomegranates have a compound that prevents blood clots.  It lowers the bad cholesterol, the LDL, lower blood pressure [...]

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