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THE FOOD MAVEN: Saving a Savory Dumpling From the Endangered List

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From: Forward
Date: 20020301
Author:Goodman, Matthew

Goodman, Matthew
Forward
03-01-2002
`The future is the worst thing about the present," said Gustave Flaubert,
which may seem a bit extreme, until you consider the case of kibbeh. For
those of you unfortunate enough to be unacquainted with them, kibbeh are
exquisite little dumplings made of a thin bulgur shell filled with spiced
meat. They are one of the glories of the Syrian kitchen; they are also, as
much as clean air or the Montreal Expos, gravely endangered by the modern
world.

It's not that kibbeh, unlike the Expos, are facing any immediate threat of
extinction. There may well be as many kibbeh ...

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