J October 14, 2012Categories Beirut Eating out Food Culture Paris Travel Diary Jiro Dreams of Sushi 85 year old, Jiro Ono, runs Sukiyabashi Jiro, a tiny ten seat sushi restaurant in a tokyo metro station, who just happens to be regarded..
M October 11, 2012Categories Beirut Family Recipe Book Food Culture Montreal Paris Travel Diary Moving out of Lebanon? Here’s a checklist of food to take with you Lovingly illustrated by my dear friend Suzanne Anhoury. I’d love to hear from you guys on the tastes you miss the most, and the items..
U August 15, 2012Categories Beirut Eating out Travel Diary Urbanista | Hipster heaven I discovered Urbanista on a week when I had to spend 12 hours a day sitting in front of my laptop working away at my..
M July 24, 2012Categories Beirut Eating out Travel Diary Marinella | Italy in Mar Mikhael Marinella has got to be the yummiest trattoria in all of Beirut. And I chose my worlds carefully as I say so. The first time..
O June 1, 2012Categories Beirut Food Culture Olive Oil Tasting On friday, a gourmet friend and I headed for Karen Chekerdjian‘s boutique for an olive oil tasting. Other than being uber-excited about the tasting itself,..
L May 18, 2012Categories Beirut Side orders Lebanese olive oil tasting I’m in heaven! I’m a huge fan of olive oil and i’ve always been saddened by the fact that Lebanese olive oil tends to be..
F May 9, 2012Categories Cities Eating out Travel Diary Food checklist – the Barcelona edition – 48 Hours of food & Gaudi in Barcelona – Part 1 A friend of mine recently asked me to give her an overview of my favorite places to eat in Barcelona. While I admit I may..
S April 23, 2012Categories Cities Paris Travel Diary Shopping for food in Paris Ten years ago, if you asked me about Paris I would’ve gladly told you how much I hated this city. I would’ve said it had..
D April 3, 2012Categories Beirut Family Recipe Book Decorating Easter eggs the old fashioned way So it’s that time of the year again, the time of the egg battles. Growing up, I have to admit, the egg taping contest was..
F March 28, 2012Categories Eating out Family Recipe Book Montreal Travel Diary Food checklist – the Montreal edition – 10 Foods you have to have while in Monty I have been coming to Montreal every year since I was two, and over the years I have built a food checklist of things I..
