1/2 cup cooked or canned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed (optional) 1/2 cup cooked or canned white beans, drained and rinsed (optional) 1. Combine the water and salt in a heavy, medium saucepan and ...

Grains are such a staple of Lebanese cooking that you could devote an entire book to them. Here are two shining examples: a tabbüleh-style southern dish and a Sunni speciality for dessert If bread is ...

It's 4 p.m. and everyone is hungry and tired, searching for a quick pick-me-up. Sound familiar? With school in full swing, I hear from parents all the time who say that the never-ending dilemma is how ...

Use medium bulgur to make hot breakfast cereal in your rice cooker, with dried fruit and cinnamon. Use fine bulgur to make a dessert similar to rice pudding. Cook the bulgur with milk and cream, sugar ...

When I lived in the Middle East, I learned that tender tabbouleh salad and crunchy fried kibbeh, the celebrated Levantine croquette, share a key ingredient: bulgur. Since ancient times, bulgur has ...