ٍٍSahlab “Salep”

 

By Baraa Adel / Palestine

Sahlab, Salep In English, is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis that contains a nutritious, starchy white substance used to prepare a popular winter drink all over the Levant, Sahlab!

Date bread rings

By Sawsan Abu Farha / Jordan

If you walk into any bakery in Amman in the morning, you will be enchanted by the smell of these beautiful date filled bread rings still warm out of the oven. Freshly baked bread alone smells wonderful but it is the added cloud of spices that makes the scent irresistible.