https://picturingjordan.com/categories/food/ Recent content in Food on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-in-amman/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:15:16 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-in-amman/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" /> <figcaption> <h4>Everybody likes baklava!</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There&rsquo;s a shop in one of Amman&rsquo;s downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I&rsquo;m not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p>