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Sourdough Part IV: The Sourdough Schedule

It's Slow Food defined, but worth it. Miriam winds down the sourdough series with a plan. It's true, sourdough takes time. So do all...

Baking Sourdough Bread, Part III (The Recipe)

Finally, the recipe for sourdough bread! We've broken it up in parts, because it's complicated, but today we'll put it all together so it'll makes...

Honey Is Bittersweet In The Middle East

The Honey Council, Hive Thievery and Bee Ecology education in Arabic:  In Israel and Lebanon, honey is both a problem and a solution. Image...

Make Low-Sugar, Smooth Ice Cream fit for Hot Summer Days

Make your own healthy summer ice cream

Sourdough Part II: Care and Feeding Of The Starter

Baking sourdough bread can be a pleasure, but a bit like owning a pet. Miriam continues the series on baking great sourdough bread and...

Unregulated Diet Pills Raise Health Concerns in the Middle East

Not yet into the organic food craze of America, the thin craze is taking over the Middle East as sedentary women pop pills to...

Sourdough Bread Recipe: Part I – Make the Starter

You can bake a sourdough corn bread like this, too. our 4-part series on baking with sourdough starts here. People have relied on wild yeasts...

"Eat What You Want to Conserve" Says Arab-American Writer Gary Nabhan

Put your mouth where your morals are and eat the plants and vegetables you want to conserve. Image via ivanwalsh Since the beginning of the...

Gat, The Middle-East’s Bad Habit

Miriam interviews store owners who sell legally addictive substances: soft drinks, cigarettes, junk snacks  - and Gat. Some folks chew gum. A lot of...

Frozen Fish vs. Phosphates Stirs Up A Government Reaction

Miriam reports on what looks like a frozen fish scandal in Israel, and the government reacts. What are STTPs. Are they good or bad...

Bake Your Own Za’atar-Topped Pita Recipe

The Middle East's daily bread, easily made at home. In the Middle East, here is always pita. Pita sops up humus and sauces; opens...

Renewed Avian Flu Scare Prompts West Bank Chicken Cull

Cases of the swine flu have died down, now avian flu scare resurges in Israel and the West Bank. Image via todds-gallery Animal cases...

Israel’s Frozen Fish Processed in China and Pumped With Water and Chemicals

How do you like your fish? Pumped up with a strong chemical cleaner called STTP (sodium trippolyphosphate), or without? Despite it being an important fish...

Vertical Farming in Masdar City? AeroFarms' Soil-less Solution

Aerofarms' stackable vertical farm uses mist to grow crops in areas where land is non-arable, like in the United Arab Emirates. Vertical farming, where...

Meet Your Garden's Best Friend, The Earthworm

An ode to the earthworm: An earthworm farmer in Israel praises the beauty of the earthworm. Time to grow your own? The earthworm is one...

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Shebara hotel Saudi Arabia – is it eco-luxury dream or desert illusion?

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Monitoring farmers’ tillage patterns from space

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Hydrophilis SCUBA gear could make us one with the sea

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Alcohol the night before work in the heat may raise inflammation, study finds

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April Is National Garlic Month

April is National Garlic Month! We’re close to the end of April, but fear not: the North American garlic harvest lasts through July, and you can pick up the bulbs until Fall. Even after the green stalks wither and the bulbs are drier, your garlic will remain pungent for any months if you store it well.
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