Fancy Food Show Highlights and New Nutrition Series!

Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year so far. I started it out with a bang at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco! The Fancy Food Show is a multi-block convention center filled to the brim with every food trend you ever thought imaginable.  This year the predominant food trends seemed to be primal protein…… Continue reading Fancy Food Show Highlights and New Nutrition Series!

7 Reasons Why Cooking is a Sign of Strength!

If I had a dollar for every time I hear the phrase “Women belong in the kitchen” I would have a nice stash of cash. The reality is, there are many women AND men, who enjoy being in the kitchen that also have many other talents and responsibilities. I have met many doctors, lawyers, teachers,…… Continue reading 7 Reasons Why Cooking is a Sign of Strength!

How Intermittent Fasting Changed My Life- On Fasting and Feasting

  While this blog is on Middle Eastern food, I am also a fitness trainer, and am very passionate about health and fitness. Many people in the middle east live long healthy lives because they regularly fast. How many times have you heard “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” or “You have…… Continue reading How Intermittent Fasting Changed My Life- On Fasting and Feasting

Announcements and Giveaways!

Hi Everyone! Happy summer! I want to thank my Patreons for helping me keep Feast in the Middle East afloat. It is quite expensive to churn out high quality cooking videos, and the only way I can produce these videos more often is through viewer’s help. So thank you so much to those that have…… Continue reading Announcements and Giveaways!

Busting through a fat loss plateau: Intermittent Fasting!

I know this is off the topic of Middle Eastern food, but in some ways this blog has very much to do with a lifestyle practiced in the Middle East for millenia. I am talking about intermittent fasting, the eating plan that has recently taken the fitness world by storm. I have gotten many e-mails…… Continue reading Busting through a fat loss plateau: Intermittent Fasting!

Avochocolado! (Chocolate Mousse)

Do you find yourself wanted to pull out all of your hair during this election? Do you just want to run into a closet with a jar of Nutella and make it all go away? Maybe you fantasize about buying that bungalow on a beach in Bora Bora, just to stay there for the next…… Continue reading Avochocolado! (Chocolate Mousse)

Vacation Vlog-And How to Maintain Your Weight While Indulging on a Cruise

I remember the spontaneous days in my twenties when I used  to set aside a little money from every paycheck to take a trip to a new country each year. Ever since I had children though I don’t travel nearly as much as I used to, and my trips end up being big rowdy  family…… Continue reading Vacation Vlog-And How to Maintain Your Weight While Indulging on a Cruise

How to get a luxurious dinner on the table in under 5 minutes: Mediterranean Garlic Shrimp!

Shrimp always feels like an indulgent food, a luxurious protein reserved for special occasions. However, if you buy a bag of wild shrimp for under 20 bucks you can easily feed a family of four with some veg and a starch of choice. I really love to make shrimp on those super busy days when…… Continue reading How to get a luxurious dinner on the table in under 5 minutes: Mediterranean Garlic Shrimp!