During Ramadan, Balkees Abu Rabie begins baking at dawn, after the morning prayer and a final light meal and before a day of fasting. On the big table between the living room and the kitchen she places bowls of dough − a different dough for each of the varieties of traditional cookies. The doughs differ in the types of flour, the ratio between flour and fat, and the texture. There are also several...
Biblical culinary traditions, preserved in the Galilee
In the kitchen of her Nazareth home, Balkees Abu Rabie prepares traditional pastries to break the Ramadan fast.
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Ronit Vered


