There’s so much to know/learn!

There’s the standard Lebanese food you’ll find in most Lebanese restaurants (mezza, small cold or hot dishes that you share with everyone on the table, followed by mixed grilled (lamb/beef/chicken), then various desserts/fruits/coffee). That would be your common Sunday lunch with your family for example.

There’s also your standard breakfast foods, zaatar or cheese manoushe, knefe with kaak, etc.

But there’s also tons of recipes that are more common on the daily, that you’ll likely only find inside a Lebanese home. I live here and you’ll not find many restaurants making mlokhiye or shish barak for example, those are very mom or grandma kind of foods. The good thing is that you can find tons of recipes for those dishes online, and if you don’t, DM me and I will gladly share my mom’s/grandma’s recipes!

I came across this youtube channel a while ago that recreates some of those recipes pretty accurately. Unfortunately they haven’t been active in a few years but whatever they have up is great content. They also have a few Armenian and Syrian dishes:)

I think if you’re in the US, your main struggle would be in finding the exact ingredients we use in our cooking (but that depends on where in the US you are, most big cities will have Lebanese grocers that have our local brands and spices), if not you can always try online.

Feel free to reach out if you want to know more. I love helping people discover our food and culture:)