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Syria: Ma’amoul

Asia

Syria

Ma’amoul are semolina shortbread cookies popular across the Middle East. They are filled with either dates or nuts – commonly walnut or pistachio. They can be decorated by hand, but are prettiest when made using special wooden molds tabu. Lucky for me, my colleague Bushra’s mom has a whole collection...

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Bulgaria: Traditional Round Loaf

Cooking Time: 45 minutes + time to rise

Bulgaria

One of my favorite parts of cooking a recipe from every country in the world is learning a little bit about their culture and tradition. So when my good friend Adi reached out to invite me and some other lady friends to share in a Bulgarian tradition to celebrate Baby...

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Georgia: Khachapuri

Cooking Time: 90 minutes, including time for dough to rise

Asia
Europe

Georgian

Georgian khachapuri has been on my to-do list for some time now, which is kind of ironic because I’d never actually had it before. I think I first saw Compass Rose‘s khachapuri on a D.C. food blog. It’s gotten much accolades – they apparently served 10,000 of them during their...

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