The cookies are called haji badam (badam for short) in Arabic. 'Best almond cookies' is the loose translation.

I have always loved artichokes fried in the Jewish style, or carciofi alla giudia, a traditional dish of the Roman Seder. So on a recent trip to Rome, I hunted for them. Every chef I queried had the same answer, delivered with the same slightly ...

On a trip to Sri Lanka earlier this year, I inhaled the heady aroma of cinnamon almost everywhere I went: in the lobby of my hotel, at roadside food stands and on a plantation that has been processing cinnamon bark, lotion and oil for three ...