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Making freekeh with the Druze

I stood in a golden wheat field some five miles north of Acre in Israel. Paul Nirens of the Galileat organization had arranged a demonstration...

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How pesticides kill your brain

Patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a team of researchers has found.

Raw honey from Yemen’s sidr and sumar trees

Terrorists and Houthi pirates probably come to mind long before honey when people think of Yemen, but the raw Yemeni honey Balqees had for sale at the recent Masdar Festival in Dubai we visited was far and away the yummiest honey I ever put in my mouth.

Kopi Luwak “Cat Poop” Coffee is the World’s Costliest, and Cruel (VIDEO)

Kopi Luwak coffee is the world's most expensive, but its price is not its most startling quality. The beans for this brew come from animal poop. Turns out it is a cruel coffee too.

Knafeh Recipe, for the Most Fabulous Middle-Eastern Dessert

Does a vision of rich, creamy, sweet and cheesy dessert with a crunchy topping totally seduce you? Well, it seduces people with a sweet...

Molasses, or black treacle is Egypt’s favorite sugar

Egyptians love sugar cane molasses, referred to in Arabic as asal eswed ("black honey"), for its sweet taste, and also its perceived health benefits. These are believed to include strengthening a person's immune system and helping to treat anemia.

California Guacamole recipe

In Israel and well all over the western east, avocado season has arrived. Plump, green avocados are grown from the north of Israel down to Jaffa in the center, all the way to agricultural communities in the southern Negev, such as Neot Semadar.

Ancient freekeh fires up new recipes

If you told someone from the Middle East that progressive, health-conscious Americans have fallen in love with freekeh, they might raise their eyebrows in surprise or roll their eyes in utter boredom, since people in this region have enjoyed the benefits of the ancient grain said like “freak eh” for eons.

Fresh green Iranian fava beans – a sustainable persian recipe

Available for only a short season, green favas are considered a delicacy in the Middle East. Springtime in the market (shuk), and lots of prime...

Is Pig-fed kosher or halal?

The European Commission (EC) approved a meat-based feedstock for farm-raised fish.  Next year, your mullet and trout might contain chicken and pork. Horsemeat in burgers,...

Cooking Locusts – recipes for how to cook, deep fry, and serve like chicken

When you are given a locust plague, Moshe Basson from Jerusalem gives you a feast.

Middle East Shoppers: Give These O’s a No?

Social media flexes its muscles in a recent grassroots backlash against General Mills, one of the world’s leading food conglomerates whose brand portfolio includes more than 100 leading U.S. brands and product leaders around the world.

Chicken Kabsa Recipe

We focus on sustainable eating in the Middle-East/North Africa region. Try Kabsa, a one-pot dish from Saudi Arabia. It's the Saudi Arabian national dish,...

Eating sunflower seeds for peace

Friendship through sunflower seeds is still going to happen between Israelis and Palestinians, says artist Noam Edry who has organized a big sunflower seed...

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