There has been a longtime relationship between France and Lebanon, and in 1920, after World War I, Lebanon officially became a French colony. There’s still a strong bond between the countries and ...

Kibbeh nayeh is a beloved Lebanese dish made with raw meat. A salmonella outbreak put kibbeh in the news last week — which is a shame, says... Growing up, I never knew I was eating raw meat. Or maybe ...

Chicken tawook, samke harra, koussa (stuffed zucchini) and grape leaves, kibbeh bil saniyeh and meatballs from Mama Lina Cooks. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) A fork slips through Lina Georges’ ...

St. Joseph Melkite Greek-Catholic Church in West Scranton revolves around family and food. The two worlds collide during the church’s Lebanese-American Mini Food Festival, happening Friday, Aug. 13, ...

Journalist Rami Khouri celebrates the kibbeh festival and Lebanese food and culture. Souk el Tayeb organized this event in Ehden to highlight the importance of food traditions and bring a divided ...

When an enormous explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Aug. 4, it didn’t take the Mobarak siblings — Gibran, 19; Anais, 17; and Diego, 13 — long to act. By that Saturday, they’d launched ...

One of my absolute favorite things to eat in the world are little fried balls. Actually, they don’t even have to be fried. Little tasty balls of food are always good. It can be something like ...

Photo by Amy Phelps Shwarma Djej served with black bean hummus. My picky eater, for reasons known only to her, has a list of foods she hates like tomatoes and ketchup, and freaks out if she can see a ...

When I saw the Tour of Byblos Mezza, I was a believer. Tobouli piled into a miniature parsley mountain, with a tart pucker from a squeeze of lemon. Tangy, smoky baba ghanouj. Grape leaves stuffed with ...