Articles by Adonis Libanon

The temple complex of Baalbek had been attracting tourists long before Kaiser Wilhelm’s visit in 1898. In providing information for those travelling from Damascus to Beruit, Cook’s Tourists’ Handbook for Palestine and Syria, published by Thomas Cook & Son in 1876, suggests overnighting in Baalbek. […]

Sue Keirouz har en livslång passion för knafeh. På “The Last Course”, en dessertrestaurang i Enmore i Sydney, gör kocken och restauratören godis från grunden men lägger till apelsinsirap, “kataifi”, färska jordgubbar och iranska pistaschmandlar. Knafeh, säger Keirouz som har en libanesisk-australisk bakgrund, var en […]

Drinks go in and out of fashion, but wine has stood the test of time. Archaeological evidence shows that wineries were in production in ancient Armenia as long ago as 4100 BC and earthenware containers on the site, known as kvevris and used in the […]