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May 2008

The Hummus Rap

May 31, 2008 // 2 Comments

Several times before I adressed the subject of how the Hummus Culture affect the west. On the one hand, there’s no collision of civilizations here – people from [...]

Falafel, from Washington to Shunyi

May 24, 2008 // 2 Comments

In a post called Competing Falafel Unbleached Brun, an American blogger, reviews two Middle Eastern restaurants. One is called Old City Cafe of Jerusalem. The other’s [...]

The man who named his son Hummus

May 24, 2008 // 0 Comments

Is it really possible that someone would call his son after a legume, and what does that have to do with ancient Roman Philosophers. Found this amusing story in Bintel Blog, [...]