TO GO WITH: "Lebanon-Food-Tradition" by Lisa GOLDEN
Samir Makari holds a handful of pine nuts as he prepares to make mufataka, a traditional Beiruti sweet, at his shop in the Lebanese capital on August 29, 2024. A kind of rice pudding made with turmeric, tahini sesame paste, sugar and pine nuts, mufataka is traditional in Beirut but less known even outside the city. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)