{"id":8727,"date":"2023-12-31T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=8727"},"modified":"2023-12-28T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T17:18:11","slug":"lebanese-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=8727","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lebanese Cuisine\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lebanese-Cuisine.jpg 1991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>I haven&#8217;t had many instances of cooking Lebanese dishes, so I accepted an offer to review the new edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/706880\/lebanese-cuisine-new-edition-by-madelain-farah-and-leila-habib-kirske\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanese Cuisine<\/a> ($25, Hatherleigh Press).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to a release, Dr. Madelain Farah wrote the original edition in 1972 to memorialize the recipes her mother had passed down and share these unique creations with the world. Her daughter, Leila Habib-Kirske, fully updated and expanded the cookbook, which features more than 185 recipes.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciated that the author included a short intro in each section but otherwise got right to the recipes. Too many cookbooks these days are filled with unnecessary anecdotes.<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with Lebanese cuisine, it favors the use of vegetables and follows the seasons. The book starts with sauces like tahini (p.3 ) and yogurt (p. 8). I thought the garlic sauce (p. 6), using garlic, olive oil and lemon juice, was an easy way to enhance meats like fish and chicken.<\/p>\n<p>In the breads section, I look forward to making Arabic bread (p. 13), which is a flatbread with a pocket. I&#8217;m sure it would have paired well with the Elegant Egg-Stuffed Meatloaf (p. 83) that I made and really enjoyed. It uses cinnamon and allspice for a different flavor profile, and inside the meatloaf are hard-boiled eggs.<\/p>\n<p>I also made the stewed eggplants (p. 97), though I used ground beef instead of lamb. It&#8217;s a wonderful and simple dish that can be prepped in advance and left to simmer until you&#8217;re ready to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Besides eggplant, there are dishes that feature artichoke, zucchini and fava beans. You also will find dishes that use beef brains, lamb tongues and snails.<\/p>\n<p>I was pleasantly surprised at how lengthy the dessert section (p. 234) was. I plan on making the Lebanese cake doughnuts (p. 245), which resemble bagels, and the cherry drink (p. 267), which is basically a cherry syrup that you add to a glass of water.<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase Lebanese Cuisine from Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble, Walmart and Target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t had many instances of cooking Lebanese dishes, so I accepted an offer to review the new edition of Lebanese Cuisine ($25, Hatherleigh Press).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-8727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-lebanese"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8727"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8734,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8727\/revisions\/8734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}