In the late 2000s, she came to the U.S. to attend graduate school. Nesrin had to learn to pump gas, because before then, her family had always had a driver.

She wrote The Winemaker Cooks: Menus, Parties, and Pairings, which was a 2011 IACP finalist for Best American Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in Saveur, Imbibe, The Tasting Panel, and others.

One of the many highlights of Syrian food is mezza, the tapas of the Middle East. Mezza refers to a generous spread of small dishes, mostly eaten without cutlery, using flat bread, lettuce or vine ...

The main shopping street is populated with around a thousand businesses — restaurants, boutiques, electronic stores, food shops. The town's majority population is under 18, which creates a vibrant ...

“It’s a celebration of Syrian culture and the food that defines it.” Alarnab was forced to leave his home in Damascus in 2015 after it became unlivable due to the war.

Since Taboule Café closed its doors on Turkey Lake Road back in 2012, there really hasn't been a restaurant dedicated to the cuisine of Syria. The café's tisiyeh, a Syrian breakfast staple of ...

The series began in 2019. Since then, it’s highlighted the cuisines of the Rohingya, Karen, Serbian, Afghani, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Congolese, Syrian, Somali, Burmese and Ukrainian people at ...

Old Damascus is a new Mediterranean restaurant in Richardson that offers some Syrian dishes along with other popular Middle Eastern fare. We just wish there were more of the former.

The series, part of the Tables Across Borders program, will kick off Feb. 17, at Amilinda, 315 E. Wisconsin Ave., featuring a ...