Bint Rhoda's Kitchen

Summer is slipping into fall around here, and I couldn't let it slip quite away before I shared with you a simple-as-summer recipe.  I k...

Yesterday's flavors, today's food. That has been on my mind the last few months, as I've been pondering what to do next ...

If you are looking for a rich, savory, satisfying meal, I have one for you today. Spiced lamb meatballs, browned up in a skillet,...

This ancient soup is the stuff of stories. Maybe you've heard this one before: A long time ago, a woman carries two babies inside of...

I have been sitting on this recipe for a little while.  I wanted to get it just right. After all, musakhan is as important to Palestini...

In the Middle East, meat is sacred food, feasting food, celebratory food.  And while every day dishes are often vegetarian or feature ve...

Last week, I ran across this post from the blog Food Republic , describing a collision of two of my favorite foods:  waffles and falafels. ...

Turkish onion salad - or Arabic salsa, as my mother likes to describe it to foreigners - is an easy way to bring a sense of adventure to you...

There are two kinds of people: those who love and those who hate leftovers. My mother insisted on cooking huge batches of food, so we a...

Sometimes a little time produces a lot of joy.  For us, this is a dish of joy.  Palestinians are known for their love of stuffing things w...

The leaves are piling in drifts around my house, forming crunchy alleys for my children to march through.  It is time to pull blankets mo...

  These Middle Eastern savory meat pies, topped with toasted pine nuts, are a traditional Arabic dish, popular throughout the Levant ...

Summer is on its way out, here in Virginia.  In the mornings, we button up cardigans and light coats, and clutch mugs of warm tea.  But by t...

    Cooking is a communal activity in traditional Palestinian culture, and when you read this recipe, you will see...

I adore peppers.  My love affair started when I was old enough to sit in the front of a shopping cart.  My mother tells me that my fav...

Just in time for Father's Day, here is an easy but festive meal that is great on the grill and will warm any father's (and mother&#...

Palestinian mansaf is not humble food, served just to your family, like mujjadara and fasoulia and shorabat addas.  This is celebra...

Put away your forks and knives, friends.  This is finger food.    Now, this is a favorite Palestinian feast.  Tender chicken pieces, s...

Mmmm . . . ma'loubi.  The mouth-watering flavors of lamb, rice, and cauliflower, all simmered in cinnamon and allspice-seasoned broth...

Winter is flirting with spring here.  One day we need parkas, the next day my children are gleefully flinging off their mittens.  It is a ...