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When Michael Mina was a young chef, he shied away from Middle Eastern food, because he didn’t think it would be well-received. As a child he felt embarrassed by the smells of Egyptian cooking ...
I was cooking French and American food most of my career up until, like, 2015, and then really started, like, you know, as I got older, I'm like, I really want to, you know, cook the food of my roots.
Elliot Sion, former chef de cuisine at Honey Road, opens a Middle Eastern street-food eatery called The Wise Fool. Located in Burlington’s Old North End, The Wise Fool offers Middle Eastern ...
Frederick Hardy II / Food Styling by Torie Cox / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen. Rugelach, a 20th century adaptation of the filled, crescent cookies from Central and Eastern Europe known as kipfel ...
It's Only Food with Chef John Politte. Shatta (Middle Eastern Hot Sauce) | It's Only Food w/ Chef John Politte. Posted: May 21, 2025 | Last updated: May 21, 2025 ...
Celebrated Australian-Lebanese chef Greg Malouf has died aged 64. He had been living in Dubai since 2013 and opened two restaurants, Cle Dubai and Zahira. Sources confirmed his death on Friday ...
Into a clean food processor, make the falafel dough by adding all but the flour and panko and pulse until a smooth paste forms. Add 4 tbsp. of the flour and pulse until a uniform dough forms. If ...
NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Chef Michael Rafidi, who recently became the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef of the Year. Chef Michael Rafidi's innovative Middle Eastern cuisine has made him ...
DETROW: All of this action, the smells, the food, the breaking down of the barrier between the chefs and the diner, it's all part of Albi's appeal. And it's what made chef Michael Rafidi a star.
One of the first things you notice walking into the Washington, D.C., restaurant, Albi, is just how busy the kitchen is. Even at 10 a.m., it is bustling. One cook is grinding lamb meat. Others are ...