This video follows a cooking experiment built around the claim that one key detail makes Arabic food taste so good. The recipe has to prove whether the flavor comes from spices, technique, smoke, fat, ...

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FOR YEARS, I’VE BEEN CHASING an elusive concept in Arab cooking called “nafas.” Nafas means cooking from the soul, and it’s the highest praise you can give an Arab home cook. The word has no ...