A Table

photo by 5ftinf.

I found my dream table.

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Mashrou' Leila - Lebanese Band and Controversy

Bravo, keep going... continue. We need more like you! The music rocks and the lyrics are authentic, true to the actual culture and ideologies the young are living through. Sometimes that bothers some people, who cares!

IMC at Biofach 2013

I wish I was going...

IMC at Biofach 2013

The annual appointment at Biofach gets renewed, the international exposition of organic products that is going to be held from 13th February to 16th February in Nuremberg, Germany.
IMC will participate in the fair with an info stand in which IMC will present its certification services for agriculture, aquaculture, agro food and restaurants.
 

At the IMC stand it will be also possible to meet certified companies and find the best products of the Italian and Mediterranean culinary tradition.

IMC will also present to the press and visitors Conosci il tuo pasto Restaurants & Food 2013, the first circuit of certified restaurants in Italy and Lebanon that promotes organic, bio-dynamic, and local products, fair trade commerce and quality Mediterranean agriculture. The Guide is available online in an English and Italian version on the blog www.conosciiltuopasto.it. On the guide are also indicated the certified organic shops and the ice cream parlors where to find an organic ice cream.
 

Visit us at the Hall 4 Stand 316!!


The illustrated catalogue of the companies that participate at the Biofach 2013 (here)


read all at ww.imcert.it 

Veronica and I (she's going!)

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Vintage Gas Station

Thanks Cherine! Love this place, my blog... my world.

Mike Massy - مايك ماسي "Ghayyer Lawn Ouyounak" - غير لون عيونك

I love Mike Massy's voice and his songs are really lovely. I listen to them all the time. Once I saw him at Virgin Megastore, I practically jumped on him to kiss him. I think I scared the heck out of him. Of course, he didn't know who I was, I simply took it for granted that he knew I was listening to him. Crazy! Anyway, listen to his songs - they will bring you back to a time, somewhere nice. Keep going Mike!

Mamnoon's Heavenly Hospitality

Mamnoon's sweeping, clean-lined room minimally furnished with track lighting, black tables, black chairs and a freestanding black wall between the dining area and kitchen has a jangly disco energy. But if you're going out with a group or craving more vivid flavors, Mamnoon's the better restaurant. Hannah Raskin.

 
Read the review of Mamnoon in the Seattle Weekly by Hannah Raskin. You can watch the slide show of the food and location too. It's amazing really how a dream became a reality. So proud to have been part of the building block. The Harouns and Chef Garrett really worked hard to make the food taste great and look authentic. The design of the place is modern with a sense of Middle Eastern roots. Very classy! Now there is a whole team working hard to make the food scene happen every night. If only Seattle was not so far away! I'm dying to go and see it live. Yalla soon...

Ma'noushe isn't as familiar to American eaters as hummus or falafel, so Mamnoon's trying to stoke the preparation's local reputation by serving it at dinnertime, neatly rolled and quartered. (Other concessions to western expectations include ma'amoul, customarily a filled blimp of a cookie, remade as a tart.) Ma'noushe is very much a street snack, so the tactic is tantamount to putting croque monsieurs on a menu dominated by duck a l'orange and sole meuniere. But the restaurant is hereby permitted to do whatever it takes to sell more of its wonderfully satisfying man'oushe at its glassed-in takeout counter, which occupies the front half of the restaurant. Hannah Raskin

Exectuive chef Garrett Melkonian platting up the Kebab. Hannah Raskin