Amanda Saab, a social worker and home cook who lives near Detroit, riffs on her Lebanese grandmother's recipe for namoura, a cake made from semolina flour, soaked in syrup while it's still warm. When she serves it at iftar dinners during Ramadan, Ms. Saab often doses the syrup with a little bit of lavender extract. You could follow her lead, or use another floral note like vanilla or rose. The cake has no eggs, but this version gets its rich flavor and texture from aerated yogurt, which goes…

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Luqaimat is one of the most famous Arabic desserts, that's crunchy on the outside and soft and airy on the inside. Serve it this Ramadan!

Chocolate nuga inside..a famous #lebanese product : tarbouch ( meaning the red oriental hat)

Nadia Tommalieh is a food blogger who shares instructional videos of Middle Eastern cuisine and detailed bits about each of…