Food
Daily Ramadan Recipe #2: Keshk
August 2, 2011
Daily Ramadan Recipe #2: Keshk
Keshk has a reputation for being a difficult recipe to follow; but thanks to our moms, the amazing chefs in…
Matam Al-Khartoum: A Sudanese outpost downtown
July 11, 2011
Matam Al-Khartoum: A Sudanese outpost downtown
Sudan may have now broken into South Sudan and Sudan but in Cairo, among the Sudanese here, you’d never believe…
Café Mex: A boost to Cairo’s emerging street scene
July 4, 2011
Café Mex: A boost to Cairo’s emerging street scene
The gentrification of 26th of July St. in Zamalek rolls on. Though it still maintains its character, straddling Cairo’s socialist…
Cupcake madness: Searching for Cairo’s best
June 27, 2011
Cupcake madness: Searching for Cairo’s best
It was only last year that the cupcake storm hit Cairo and names like Nola, Crumbs, Sugar & Spice and…
Balbaa: Follow the Alexandrians to fresh seafood
June 9, 2011
Balbaa: Follow the Alexandrians to fresh seafood
After getting recommendations from every Alexandrian I know to eat at Balbaa the next time I visit the city, I…
Barakat: Authentic Uighur food near Al-Azhar
June 4, 2011
Barakat: Authentic Uighur food near Al-Azhar
This restaurant may have no name - at least no name recognizable to anyone restricted to Arabic or English -…
Stavolta: A fresh new take on Cairo’s ice cream
May 26, 2011
Stavolta: A fresh new take on Cairo’s ice cream
There is considerable concern about the state of the economy in Egypt. The revolution, some say, is bad for business.…