(To mark the protests in Beirut, I am providing a recipe over-ripe with sweetness to counter the sour smell on the streets from all the uncollected rubbish.  But first here is a little essay on the protests that my husband was asked to write…) Summer in Beirut is more often than not a victory of hope over experience. Hotels and restaurants gear up for what they pray will be  a substantial temporary homecoming from Lebanon’s sentimental diaspora. And tens of […]

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