Luscious and creamy, panna cotta infused with the flavors of Arabic coffee makes the perfect (fast!) entertaining or even weeknight dessert. Continue reading →

The classic combination of lamb and quince come together in this melt-in-your-mouth meatball. Continue reading →

A dessert in Turkey called kunefe inspired this savoury version – shredded phyllo baked with blue cheese and drizzled with a little honey and balsamic. Continue reading →

This sweet apple couscous recipe is healthy and delicious – combining a warm, buttery apple pie filling and light, fluffy, sweetened couscous and topping it with thin, crunchy almond slices. Continue reading →

Most people know about panzanella or Tuscan bread salad, which is made from crusty Italian bread mixed with tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers and basil. But Tunisian bread salad or even Mediterranean bread salad (similar) is less well known and equally (if not slightly more…) tasty. Continue reading →

Here is a kicked-up, exotic recipe for fried green tomatoes – inspired by green tomato dishes from across the Mediterranean. Continue reading →

Here is a recipe for a light-as-air, delicately-flavored, slightly floral melon-orange blossom gelato. The texture is a cross between gelato and a sorbet, so the milky ice melts when it hits your tongue – the perfect end of summer treat. Continue reading →

Inspired by Middle Eastern grape leaves, delicate squash blossoms stuffed with a subtly-spiced, flavorful rice mixture and baked to lightly-crisped perfection serve as an elegant and healthy alternative to the typically fried versions. Continue reading →

Sugar-brûlée’d figs inspired a simple and elegant black mission fig crème brûlée. Continue reading →

This recipe tops peaches with a crunchy streusel using cardamom, in place of traditional cinnamon. These baked peaches with cardamom streusel and a dollop of honey-vanilla cream are a delicious and easy summer dessert. Continue reading →

This is a great recipe for sherbet made from sugar plums, delicately scented with star anise. Sherbet in America has come to take on a sorbet-like connotation, but the origins are really in the word “sharbah”, which is Arabic for “a drink”. Continue reading →

These delicious popovers are lightly flavored with roasted cinnamon, a great accompaniment for dinner or breakfast. Continue reading →