Today Iam going to share with you a traditional Palestinian recipe that is so popular in this time of the year,"Fatayer Zaatar" or "Fteer Falahi" in Arabic, which literally means villagers’ pie!, it is a Palestinian pastry that is made mainly with fresh Zaatar (Thyme) leaves. A flat bread, stuffed with fresh zaatar leaves, onions and sumac. In this kind of bread a generous amount of Olive oil is used, as it is known that zaatar and olive oil are both a twin ingredients in mid

Ma’arouk (معروك ), is considered a stable bread in Syria/Aleppo especially in Ramadan, in a way that No Table would be complete without it! Ma’arouk bread is a sweet kind of bread, with a beautiful fragrant due to special spices added such as anise,fennel, and mahlab. Very soft in texture, just like a baby cheeks :) or a soft cloud in the sky! Beautiful shiny at the end, as it is coated with simple syrup after getting out of the oven. Ma’arok bread, can also be served at brea

Pita bread is something that I enjoy making at Friday's early mornings with my little daughter watching how they are so fun to make and puff up nicely, getting to much excited, grabbing one while its is still warm, she smell it happily and enjoyed her first bite! Pita has different names depending on the country: كماج (kmaj) or خبز عربي (Arabic bread) in Arabic, питка in Bulgarian, Հաց պիտա (Hats pita) in Armenian, pita in romanian or pide in Turkish. It is popular in the Mid

I come to you today bearing with me one of the most delicious and popular recipes in Palestine, specifically from the city of Nablus, where Ftoot Bread is famous since ancient times as an essential breakfast component. It is called "Ftoot", meaning crumbled, in reference to the crumbled white cheese used in it as a main ingredient. This 'boiled" white cheese, originally from the city of Nablus, is a staple in Palestinian and Jordanian cuisines, since it is considered one of t