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Authentic Lebanese Mujadara: Lentils and Rice Done Right
Master this beloved Lebanese pilaf of brown lentils, caramelized onions, and fluffy rice. A peasant dish elevated by technique and care.
Sep 15, 2023
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Koshari: Egypt's Soul-Filling Street Food Breakfast
Rice, lentils, pasta, and crispy onions layered together and crowned with spiced tomato and garlic sauces. Egypt's national dish is humble street food that tastes like pure comfort in a bowl.
Jul 14, 2024
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Gigantes Plaki: The Greek Baked Beans That Make a Case for Dried Beans Over Tinned Every Time
Giant runner beans from the lakes of northern Greece, soaked overnight, simmered until tender and then baked slowly in tomato, onion, dill and a great deal of olive oil. A vegan main, a meze, and the best argument for the dried bean aisle.
Sep 6, 2026
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Creamy Cashew Alfredo Pasta: A Dairy-Free Classic
Rich, silky cashew cream transforms simple pasta into an elegant Italian-inspired dinner. No dairy, no compromise on flavor or texture.
Oct 5, 2023
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Muhammara: the Aleppo Red Pepper and Walnut Dip That Deserves the Space Hummus Takes Up
Roasted red peppers, toasted walnuts, pomegranate molasses and a chilli paste that is smoky rather than hot. The trick is a coarse texture and restraint with the oil.
Jun 14, 2023
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Chicken Shawarma: Oven-Roasted Spiced Chicken at Home
Without the rotating spit, home cooks still achieve restaurant-quality shawarma through high-heat roasting and a broil finish. Marinated, caramelized, and sliceable, it's worthy of your best pita.
Apr 20, 2025
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Silken Tofu With Ginger and Soy Takes Four Minutes and Requires No Cooking At All
A block of silken tofu, hot oil poured over aromatics, soy and vinegar. It is a standard of Chinese home cooking, it is genuinely fast, and it demonstrates the one technique that makes cold dishes taste cooked.
Sep 4, 2026
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Harissa Gochujang Roast Chicken: Two Chilli Pastes, One Bird
Tunisia's national condiment and Korea's fermented chilli paste share more than heat. Together they build a lacquered crust that neither manages alone.
Jul 28, 2026
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Tortilla Española: Six Eggs, Three Potatoes, a Great Deal of Olive Oil and One Nerve-Testing Flip
The Spanish potato omelette is the national dish every household makes differently and makes well. The potatoes are poached in oil rather than fried, the onion is a matter of civil dispute, and the centre should be just set. Step by step.
Sep 6, 2026
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Chicken Machboos: Gulf Spiced Rice with Aromatic Chicken
This Gulf classic transforms simple ingredients into fragrant, tender chicken and rice. Bahrain and Qatar claim it as their own, and once you taste it, you'll understand why.
Sep 15, 2023
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Pesto alla Genovese in a Mortar, With the Trofie, Potatoes and Green Beans It Was Made For
The Genoese sauce is seven ingredients pounded, not blended, and in Liguria it dresses a short twisted pasta cooked in the same pot as potatoes and beans. Why the mortar matters, what the official recipe specifies, and how to keep it green.
Sep 6, 2026
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Authentic Cacio e Pepe: Creamy Roman Pasta
Master the technique behind Rome's most elegant pasta: just spaghetti, Pecorino Romano, and black pepper emulsified into silky perfection. No cream needed.
Sep 5, 2023
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Lebanese Hummus Proper Technique: Silky and Transformative
The secret to restaurant-quality hummus at home: skinned chickpeas, proper tahini blending, and understanding how warmth transforms texture into pure silk.
Nov 22, 2023
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Maqluba: The Palestinian Rice Dish You Serve by Flipping a Pot
Layered chicken, fried aubergine and spiced rice cooked in one pot, then turned out whole onto a platter. The name means upside down, and the flip is the entire performance.
Jul 30, 2026
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Chicken Biryani, Built in Layers, With the Rice Deliberately Undercooked First
The technique that separates biryani from a rice dish with chicken in it is parboiling: the rice is boiled to roughly seventy per cent, drained, then layered over the marinated chicken and finished in its own steam so every grain stays separate.
Sep 2, 2026
