Dalool’s Kitchen

26/10/2026

Mini apple pies with a homemade caramel, bite-sized and perfect with afternoon tea or coffee, or when you want to serve visitors something cute but delicious.

Trust me, everyone will ask you for the recipe! Get it now in my cookbook, From My Modern Kitchen. Comment APPLE and I'll send you an easy purchase link straight to your DMs.

25/10/2026

Farfalle means butterflies, capellini means thin hair and gemelli means twins. Most pasta shapes are named for how they look, and many of them are made to hold a certain kind of sauce. Which pasta name is your favorite?

24/10/2026

Marie-Antoine Carême might sound like a woman's name, but the chef behind the tall white hat was a man. Legend says he stiffened a soft cap with cardboard so it stood up, and the taller the hat, the higher the rank. He's often called the world's first celebrity chef. Today most kitchens only need hair covered, so skull caps, bandanas and hair nets do the same job. Which would you cook in: the tall toque, a skull cap or a bandana?

22/10/2026

In Kuwait, a phone call doesn't start with "How are you?" It starts with "Wainek?"

Hala, where are you, what are you doing, listen to me, I want to tell you something, do you need anything, and then yalla yalla bye bye. Twice, sometimes three times.

Which one are you? Tell me in the comments, and send this to the person who always asks where you are.

22/10/2026

In Kuwait, a phone call doesn't start with "How are you?" It starts with "Wainek?"

Hala, where are you, what are you doing, listen to me, I want to tell you something, do you need anything, and then yalla yalla bye bye. Twice, sometimes three times.

Which one are you? Tell me in the comments, and send this to the person who always asks where you are.

18/10/2026

Five of my favorite desserts, all from my cookbooks.

Brown butter chocolate chip cookies, carrot cake cheesecake, and caramel apple bites are in From My Modern Kitchen: https://daloolskitchen.com/products/from-my-modern-kitchen-a-culinary-journey-around-the-world

Chocolate pineapple layers and Girs Egaily are in From My Childhood Kitchen: https://daloolskitchen.com/products/from-my-childhood-kitchen

Which one would you make first?

17/10/2026

15/10/2026

I love a simple baked chicken at home. Somehow the flavors we build in our own kitchens always outweigh, in my opinion, any roast chicken or rotisserie chicken from a restaurant. Get the recipe on my website: https://daloolskitchen.com/blogs/recipes/baked-chicken-with-tomato-and-potato-mashkhool-rice

What's the dinner you crave when you're craving home?

14/10/2026

My mom's Machboos Laham, with every measurement, is in my book, From My Kuwaiti Kitchen. Comment LAHAM and I'll send you the link to get it.

Which dish does your mom make better than any restaurant?

07/10/2026

My first cookbook, From My Childhood Kitchen, is dedicated to my mother. It was inspired by my favorite recipes from growing up, so it’s a modern version of what she fed us and an homage to her cooking.

Inside are six chapters over 200 pages: soups, appetisers, salads, main courses, desserts, and spice mixes and sauces. Many of the recipes are freezer-friendly.

Comment CHILDHOOD and I’ll send you the link. And tell me, which chapter would you open first?