Hisham Assaad's Blog

One of the dishes that always causes a dispute is mjaddara. There are so many variations to the recipe, but the uniting elements are lentils, onions, and bulgur or rice. The debates range from which lentils are used and are they creamed, to whether you use bulgur or rice or spices and is it mjaddara […]

I have to share this recipe.Things have not been easy in Beirut. But I have to do what I do. Sharing joyful stuff does not reflect the current situation and I don’t intend to share posts where I’m all negative and nagging. I’ve been trying hard to share genuine content on my Instagram account; reflect […]

New year new me. Starting the year with loads of bullshit! 😂 The year of pretending ended with 2020 and with the new decade, we are about to get real 😂 To cut it short, this year is the birthday I spend with the least amount of people around me. Yes. Quarantine and a lockdown […]

SKIP TO RECIPE It is no question now that we now know how the government is dealing with the citizens of the country. After the 4th of August, we, or at least I, have removed the expectations bar all-together as I know we’re gonna find a new low (not to be confused with LAW) with […]

This is the year where people either found a great success as the silver lining of things, or utter failure and disappointment.

I recently read an article about how and why most of us resorted to baking during quarantine. Whether is it anxiety baking or procrastibaking, as the article states, it is an activity that we enjoy to let time pass during confinement and have a good delicious product, that is usually more delicious because we made […]

Food is political In my country food changed from being a commodity into a tool used by the ever-ruling parties to tame all the citizens especially those who dissed those parties when October 17 felt like a breath of fresh air. Food is political. And politics is now dictating what we eat and how we […]