Bint Rhoda's Kitchen

Halaweh, (also called halawa, halwa, halva)  is a dense, sweet, nutty-tasting confection, made with many variations throughout the Midd...

Crispy, crackling layers of paper-thin dough, soaked in butter,  stuffed with a rich nutty filling, and then drizzled with a honey-sweet...

Pictured with my grandmother's hand-crocheted lace.  Teta, can you make a cake for me ?  Y...

  Fall brings apples:  hot mulled apple cider, apple dumplings from market stands in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania, cinnamon-sce...

I sent my baby to kindergarten today.  We woke up to rain falling, softly.  A dark, grey morning, the sun seemed unwilling to get up. ...

Move over, neon green ice cream.  How about a honey-sweet ice cream, mixed with fresh, chopped pistachios?  And for a more sophisticate...

I have to credit my daughter for this one.  She enjoys the PBS Kids show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood , and last week, a recipe f...

I love to use dates in baking.  Dates have a sticky caramel-like sweetness that adds moist flavor to baked goods, and are a natural wholeso...

A few weeks ago, I posted a recipe for my mother's favorite cookie:  Salted Oatmeal Chocolate Coconut Cookie .  I promised a more nour...

   This is not a traditional Palestinian cookie, in case you were wondering.  But this is my mother's kind of cookie.  My mother lo...