Barbara Massaad's cookbook, Forever Beirut, shares a recipe for meatballs in yoghurt sauce that is served in Lebanon on New Year's Day. To start the year with a clean slate in Lebanon, the hearty dish ...

This north Syrian dish of tomato soup with kibbeh meatballs is fragrant with allspice and fresh cilantro. Roll the beef-rice mixture into 1-inch balls. In a small dish, combine the oil and lemon juice ...

This image released by Milk Street shows a recipe for Syrian-style Meatball Soup w/Rice and Tomatoes. (Milk Street via AP) The Syrian soup shurba w’kibbeh is pure comfort food, a rustic mixture of ...

(Mass Appeal) – Kibbeh is the national dish of Lebanon, and can be cooked in any number of ways. Nadim Kashouh, owner of Nadim’s Downtown Mediterranean Grill, is showing us his recipe for kibbeh balls ...

This week’s Bite is a dish that many consider one of the most important dishes of Lebanon and its surrounding countries. Kibbeh is a combination of minced meat, onion, grains — often barley — and ...

So we finally fought off the flu and chicken pox I was moaning about in last week’s column and managed to get out to my father’s hometown of Amman in Jordan a week later than planned. But we got here.

Note: Adapted from Poopa Dweck’s “Aromas of Aleppo.” A meat grinder is required for this recipe. Rice flour can be found at Asian markets and well-stocked supermarkets. 1. Grind the chuck roast in a ...