Annual Lebanese Festival -- Our Lady of Lebanon, September 14th, 7142 Alaska Ave, NW

[Kibbee Nayee]

If you don't attend this event, then you're missing out on one of the finest Lebanese food fests in the DC area. The KN family will be present.

[Ericandblueboy]

I’d go except i’ll be flying from Madrid to Dublin that day (Aer Lingus forced overnight stopover).

[Kibbee Nayee]

I had a nice father-daughter day at the Lebanese festival yesterday. Very nice.

What I enjoy about these kinds of cultural events, and why I recommend them, is that the food is from the hands of mothers and grandmothers, and not from restaurants. The distinction may be minor, but it shone through at the Lebanese festival. The hummus was beyond silky-smooth-delicious, like nothing you'll find at most restaurants and certainly not at supermarkets. Everything tasted as if it was out of your Lebanese grandmother's kitchen, that is, if you have a Lebanese grandmother. Even the mu'jadarra, a rice and lentils dish, was spectacular.

We are blessed by these cultural events in the DC area.