The most famous Egyptian meal
In Egypt, it is difficult to define what is: THE national meal THE favorite dish of the people THE staple food of the land…
Read MoreFood
breakfast to go
How many times have you heard that “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day?”. In Egypt, breakfast is indeed not to be…
Read More
gloopy, green, viscous, soupy thing
A unique Egyptian National Dish, beloved by her people, is Molokhiya (pronounced Mologheya!!!). To the un-initiated, this can be scary to look at and…
Read More
Everyone eats them every day
We probably all remember our parents at one stage or other telling us to eat our green vegetables! Now broccoli and brussel sprouts (especially…
Read More
Let the people eat cakes, biscuits and pastries
It is said that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but it must be said that the way to an…
Read More
How to eat a whole fried fish
Most of us from outside of Egypt, may be used to buying and eating fish in our home countries. Where you come from, it…
Read More
Where oil, salt and cumin are the main ingredients
One of our tour guides from Fowa (look it up in the Nile Delta…..) asked me recently why foreigners do not “know” beans! This…
Read More
Where bread is life, and life is about getting bread
What is your staple food? Most of us “agaenib” (Arabic for foreigners) have forgotten what it is like to be in a country that…
Read More
