Bint Rhoda's Kitchen

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...

Many years ago, I had a summer job in a grocery store deli in the rural Wisconsin. It wasn't a glamorous job. I rode my bike to the...

Not long ago, I shared an  article on Indian food with my Facebook friends. What ensued was a lively discussion about Indian and Middle Ea...

I sat in a park this week, my two older children digging wildly in the sand, and the baby in my lap, cooing and twisting my necklace. It was...

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

Smooth or Crispy? As a young newlywed, my husband's Pennsylvania-Dutch father taught me:  heat the pan gently, melt a pat of ...

It's February now, the dreariest month of the year, in my book. Too cold to go out much, and the sniffles and coughs are passed aroun...

Food shopping was (and is?) a laborious affair in the Middle East, with many stops to make and many heavy bags to carry home, but th...

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

On the first nippy fall day every year, my children begin clamoring for hot cocoa. And once the snow falls in earnest, they come in, icy col...