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Nut or date filled maamoul are delicious at Easter, Eid and beyond.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2020
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 algorithms know me too well. A lightly yeasted dough is...
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