Lebanese Kitchen Exchange — Cook, Eat, & Connect Through Food and Stories
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Lebanon may be small on the map, but its culture is vast, layered, and deeply alive.
In this Kitchen Exchange, we bring Lebanese culture through what it does best: food, stories, and shared time around the table.
Together, we’ll cook and share traditional Lebanese dishes — home recipes shaped by history, resilience, family, and love. In Lebanon, food is never just food. It’s how people gather, remember, and care for one another.
It’s a cultural exchange — a space to slow down, cook side by side, share stories, and connect across cultures.
How the evening flows
- Welcome & simple ice-breaker
- Starters served
- We cook a traditional Lebanese dessert together — Layele Lebnen (A night of Lebanon) — the local way
- A shared five-course Lebanese dinner
- Lebanese culture, music, and traditional dance — a rare experience outside Lebanon
Menu highlights
- Main – Mujaddara Hamra: Lentils and rice slow-cooked with caramelized onions, humble, comforting, and deeply rooted in home cooking.
- Side – Kamounet Bandaoura: Tomatoes gently cooked with cumin, simple, bold, and unmistakably Lebanese.
- Salad – Fatoush / Tabbouleh: Fresh herbs and vegetables bringing brightness and balance to the table.
- Dessert – Layele Lebnen: A soft, creamy semolina dessert, delicately scented and prepared together during the evening.
- Snack – Zaatar Bread with Labneh: Warm flatbread with zaatar, served with creamy labneh to share.
You don’t need to know Lebanese cuisine.
Just bring curiosity, openness, and a love for good food and human connection.