BEIRUT: It’s delicious, filling and ranks among the top meals to start the day. The mankoushe is considered a staple of Lebanon’s rich and varied diet, a cultural pride. But in the country, fraud has ...

There's enough pizza in Buffalo to keep taste-spotters busy for weeks, but there's not nearly enough manakeesh, its simpler Arabic cousin. Manakeesh is a disc of dough that's been stretched out to ...

When I tell people that one of my favorite cooking spices to add to my food is za'atar, I usually get a blank stare or a look of confusion. As a Lebanese American food writer, this is a source of ...

Aromas of spiced shawarma and kabobs cooking on grills blend together with the scent of za’atar-infused Lebanese flatbread baking on saj domes. The tantalizing smells permeate the air, mixing with the ...

Dear Jane’s is the type of place I imagine my grandparents frequenting when they were chic, boat-toting, martini-guzzling, cigarette-smoking revelers in the ’60s. I could see them mooring their boat, ...

In the year since Manakeesh and More (1150 Hertel Ave., 348-7184) opened a few blocks from Delaware Avenue, owner Sami Amin hasn’t changed the menu of his little Palestinian restaurant much. A braised ...

My steering wheel was smeared with olive-oily za'atar, the dusky Middle Eastern herb mixture, when I pulled into my driveway after my first visit to Cedars Bakery. Some toasted sesame seeds were stuck ...