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Family members harvesting olives by hand, with nets spread beneath an olive tree

Harvest Season on Our Family Farm in Bethlehem

The olive harvest, and what we preserve.

Harvest Season on Our Family Farm in Bethlehem

The olive harvest, and what we preserve.

Palestinian sumac from the Fall Palbox

Your Fall Palbox Already Has Dinner Plans

Three simple ways to cook with sumac, olive oil, and honey tahini from your Fall Palbox.

Your Fall Palbox Already Has Dinner Plans

Three simple ways to cook with sumac, olive oil, and honey tahini from your Fall Palbox.

Palbox

The Story Behind Every Palbox

Every Palbox brings together Palestinian foods, products, and traditions from the farmers, artisans, authors, and small producers who make them.

The Story Behind Every Palbox

Every Palbox brings together Palestinian foods, products, and traditions from the farmers, artisans, authors, and small producers who make them.

The five products inside the Fall Palbox

How Palestinians Carry Summer Into Winter

Before refrigerators and supermarkets, Palestinian families learned to dry, press, and preserve each harvest so its flavor could carry into winter. This is the story of mouneh.

How Palestinians Carry Summer Into Winter

Before refrigerators and supermarkets, Palestinian families learned to dry, press, and preserve each harvest so its flavor could carry into winter. This is the story of mouneh.

Palestinian sumac

Palestine Has a Flavor Most People Mistake for ...

Before sumac is a spice, it is a harvest. Meet the women of Asira al-Shamaliya who gather and grind it, and the two Palestinian dishes, sumaciyya and musakhan, that show...

Palestine Has a Flavor Most People Mistake for ...

Before sumac is a spice, it is a harvest. Meet the women of Asira al-Shamaliya who gather and grind it, and the two Palestinian dishes, sumaciyya and musakhan, that show...

Palestinian pantry staples: olive oil, za'atar, sumac, and tahini

A Gift From Our Palestinian Pantry

The Palestinian Pantry: A Field Guide looks at four staples — olive oil, za'atar, sumac, and tahini — through the people and places they come from, not just what they...

A Gift From Our Palestinian Pantry

The Palestinian Pantry: A Field Guide looks at four staples — olive oil, za'atar, sumac, and tahini — through the people and places they come from, not just what they...