Making cheese yourself sounds really hard, right? Sounds like it would be a lot of work, you’d need some fancy equipment or ingredients, and it probably wouldn’t be worth the effort, right? Wrong, my friends! Enter homemade labneh. I bet you have all the things […]

Tahini is a power ingredient in Middle Eastern cuisine, but still hasn’t completely made its way into the mainstream in the US.  You can find it in some specialty grocery stores and in the international section of regular grocery stores, and it should absolutely become […]

Istanbul is probably one of the most unexpectedly vibrant cities I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting.  In all of my European travel stints, I have visited two places multiple times – Istanbul, Turkey and Fes, Morocco.  I would also tell you that Turkey and […]

One of my favorite secret ingredients borrowed from Middle Eastern cooking is pomegranate molasses.  You can find it in most international grocery stores, and I’ve started seeing in pop up in the international section of some regular grocery stores as well.  It’s also really easy […]