Growing up, I never knew I was eating raw meat. Or maybe it was just that I didn't think "raw" was something worth noting. I simply knew that kibbeh nayeh was incredibly good. And so I was stunned by ...

This spiced clarified butter is a staple ingredient in Ethiopian cooking. Infusing the butter for an hour allows it to absorb the complex flavors of the spices and aromatics. The spices toast ...

Barbara Massaad's cookbook, Forever Beirut, shares a recipe for meatballs in yoghurt sauce that is served in Lebanon on New Year's Day. To start the year with a clean slate in Lebanon, the hearty dish ...

Heat the olive and canola oils in a large pot, add the onion, and sauté until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Add the leek and celery and cook until soft, about 7 minutes. Add the beets, salt, cumin, ...

A new caution notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week warns of the health risks of kibbeh, a Middle Eastern and North African dish traditionally prepared with beef or lamb combined ...

Created by chef Dhuha from Eat Offbeat, the New York catering company that employs refugees who’ve resettled in the city, this Iraqi recipe uses potatoes and breadcrumbs to create kibbeh, a kind of ...

There are many versions of the much-loved Middle Eastern snack. Here’s my favourite Kibbeh, a “versatile paste of grains, onion and meat”, as The Oxford Companion to Food puts it, is known and loved ...

Syria’s national dish of minced meat and burghul is so deeply loved that over the years its fans have found many different ways to prepare it. The secret is using fresh, very finely minced meat. This ...

BEIRUT: It can look like a baked potato, an American football, a slice of pie, a patty or a marble-sized dumpling. It can be baked or fried, served with laban or garlic sauce. It often has lamb and ...

In a large bowl, mix raw minced beef with chopped large onion and teaspoonfuls of seasoning and salt. Mix well by hand to fully incorporate. Add burghul and mix by hand, to integrate and blend well ...