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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/12/kanafeh-classy-palestinian-dessert/">Kanafeh: the Classy Palestinian Dessert</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-12-09T17:22:59+02:00">Fri Dec 09, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>A small portion of kanafeh at a restaurant in Amman</h4>
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<p>I’m ashamed to say that it took me almost one month to discover this sweet, cheesy dessert after moving to Jordan. Originally from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nablus">Nablus</a>, a Palestinian city apparently known for “high cuisine,” <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanafeh">kanafeh</a> is one of those things that they just can’t make fast enough. At one famous shop called Habibah in downtown Amman there is always a line, and it’s even a bit stressful ordering there unless you know what you’re doing!</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/">Red, Orange, and Yellow Rice at Bab al-Yemen</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-11-27T12:59:44+02:00">Sun Nov 27, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>All the multi-colored rice you can eat</h4>
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<p>You haven’t lived until you and your friends have eaten seventeen different colors of rice, meat, and sauces while sitting on the floor at the <em>Bab al-Yemen</em> restaurant in Amman. If my experience is anything to go by, every item on the menu is downright delicious — including the humongous, flame-kissed flatbread that would be almost as fascinating to see being made as it was to eat.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/harvesting-olives-ajloun/">Harvesting Olives in Ajloun</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-11-18T18:39:58+02:00">Fri Nov 18, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<p><a href="https://wildjordan.com/">Wild Jordan</a> has an ingenious day trip where you pay <em>them</em> to take <em>you</em> to pick olives on a farm in Ajloun — the family who owns the farm even comes out to watch you and give you tips! Like I said: genius. Jokes aside, it was actually a lot of fun, and the point is to educate you about the olive harvest and its importance to people in the region.</p>
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