Another iconic -- and seriously delicious -- sweet dish popular across the region is knafeh. Called by alternate names like künefe in Turkey, kunafa in Egypt, and kanafa in Jordan, the dessert ...
These are pistachio cream, tahini, and kataifi (a shredded pastry commonly used in a Middle Eastern dessert, also known as knafeh — more on this in a moment). Together, these make for a ...
More than the taste of knafeh, Maya Fezzani remembers the movement of her grandmother’s hands making the traditional Middle Eastern dessert. Growing up in Lebanon and Syria, she’d watch her ...
For Omar Saadeh, the taste of knafeh (kay-naff-eh) is the taste of happiness. Born in the Palestinian city of Nablus – commonly regarded as the birthplace of knafeh and other Palestinian sweets ...