For Christians and Muslims in the Middle East, maamoul is an essential part of Easter and Eid respectively. Stuffed with date paste or nuts, this... Be it Easter or Eid, holidays in the Levantine ...

Border closures and rising prices make Eid baking difficult in Gaza, but families persist to keep traditions alive.

Experts debate the origin of the date- or nut-filled pastry, but Middle Eastern believers love the taste and the Good Friday symbolism in its shapes. The Middle East’s favorite sweet symbolizes Good ...

Around Easter, my social media feeds began marching out a steady parade of images featuring maamoul, the small filled pastries much loved in Lebanon, Syria and other swaths of the Levant. The ...

From the BBC World Service: As Lebanon struggles with triple-digit inflation and a sharply rising poverty rate, people making festive maamoul cookies are changing their recipes due to rising food ...

Maamouls are classic Middle Eastern cookies that have a festive appeal even before you take a bite. Much of the exoticness comes from their construction. Delicate pastries are stuffed with rich ...

There are a lot of things to love about Purim, the holiday that raucously commemorates Jews’ victory over the villainous Haman in ancient Persia. But in my view, ubiquitous boxes of dry, crumbly ...

Maamoul, a shortbread cookie stuffed with date paste or chopped walnuts or pistachios and dusted with powdered sugar, is the perfect reward after a month of fasting during Ramadan and Lent. These ...