★ Who doesn't like to eat? Food is the most accessible pleasure. It is nourishing and comforting. ★ It connects people and makes them feel good. Eating is w

Delectable recipes from the medieval Middle East This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the “greater par

Syria has always been the marketplace for the most delicious ingredients from East and West, a meeting-point for travellers and traders, where spices and sweetn

Mezze Dips and mezze dishes are the bedrock of Syrian cuisine. Mezze is an Arabic word that stems from the verb ‘tamezmez’, which means to enjoy something s

It is hardly surprising that Aleppo, one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, is also home to one of the world’s most distinguished and vibr