In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add onion and carrot; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally ...

Mujadara, with just three main ingredients (lentils, rice, onions), is often served during Ramadan for Iftar, the meal that breaks the daily fast. The holy month of Ramadan began on Feb. 28. This ...

The scent of onions caramelizing in olive oil filled the kitchen with one of my favorite aromas, a sweet payoff after enduring those tear-inducing fumes just minutes earlier. Low and slow is the ...

Nestled in the Levant and on the Eastern Mediterranean, Lebanon offers a rich and aromatic cuisine emphasizing nutritious, locally sourced ingredients, from olive oil and garlic to legumes, grains, ...

Lebanese cooking is a celebration of contrast: bright herbs and warm spices, crisp salads and slow-simmered stews, tangy sauces and deeply savory meats. These Lebanese recipes — drawn from home ...

Between Thanksgiving with its overflowing table, the cookie shipments I start packing for friends in a few weeks and the endless punch bowls of New Year’s Eve celebrations to come, these are the days ...

Add this chicken jalfrezi to your weekly rotation. The sticky tomato-heavy sauce hugs each bite of tender chicken thigh. Plus ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yield: 6 servings. 1/2 cup lentils, preferably du Puy or >green, rinsed and drained> 1/2 cup uncooked short-grain brown rice> 3 1 ...

Lentil soup is my husband’s favorite cold weather comfort food and we love the lentil soup they serve at Zakia. Will they share the recipe? — Phillipa Ashley, Atlanta When sending the recipe, ...