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The curator of mycitycuisine.org, a food wiki, asked permission to use a photo I took earlier this year of our Easter dinner in Damascus, Syria! The description of the dish is making me hungry:

Sayadieh is a classic main course dish in Syrian cuisine consisting of baked fish with rice. The cooking method consists of rice being sautéed with baharat spice mix, ground cumin and seasonings. Then fish stock is poured over the rice and it is left to boil until cooked. White fish (red snapper, sea bass or cod) is well seasoned with salt, pepper and spice mixture, stuffed with some lemon wedges and placed in the oven to bake for about one hour. Cooked fish is served over the rice garnished with roasted pine nuts and fried onions, with sauce on the side.

Check out more of my photos from Damascus on Flickr