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Habibah, knafeh, Amman, Jordan
I only eat knafeh at Habibah, in Jordan. The last time I ate it was in 2006, when my husband and I got married. Maybe all that waiting and pining is what makes me think it’s the best knafeh on the...
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A garden in Jordan
“Would you like me to kill a rabbit for you?” The gardener’s wife asked, when she saw Layla and I playing with the rabbits. I unintentionally recoiled. “Oh no, we are just playing with them.” “You eat...
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Zad el Khair, Iraqi Food, Amman Jordan
In Iraq they have rivers flanked by restaurants, they fish out carp and split them open like a book, impale them on wooden sticks and position them close enough to an open fire so that they take on a...
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Abu Jbara, Humus Specialists, Amman
I like Michelin star restaurants, I do. In a few cases, I even love them. But you know what I like even better? Places that specialize in one thing. Al Jbara is a restaurant in Amman, Jordan that...
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Ruman in Amman, Jordan
I missed the memo that it was Ramadan, (or I ignored it more likely). So for the past month we’ve been firmly planted at my father’s home in Ruman, Jordan (Ruman means pomegranate in Arabic, lovely,...
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