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Lebanese population on facebook: 1,524.180
Lebanese population: +4,259,405

In the mood for some chicken wings but worried about the messy part of it… It happens to most of us. We often crave eating some messy types of food but avoid it all together because we’re in no mood to get our hands messy. Here’s where Trongs come is handy. These little plastic finger »more...

NGNO wishes each and everyone of you a Happy Labors Day. I hope you enjoy the nice weather outside to out and discover something nice about Lebanon – travel to different towns, try new restaurants… Let us here about them… A special thank you goes to all restaurant owners, chefs, waiters… and everyone else… Keep »more...

I adore Vice. I keep sending them resumes in hopes they’ll let me intern or work for them, maybe send me on one of their crazy assignments, seeing how I don’t really care for my personal safety or the craziness of reporting from remote parts of the world or war zones on topics the usual media outlets don’t even dream of covering.

I just spotted the Lebanese flag made entirely from food, pita bread, diced tomatoes and cucumber and a coriander leaf as the cedar tree. This flag is among many other creatively delicious food art created by WHYBINTBWA (an Australian advertising agency) that recently designed these culinary flags for the Sydney International Food Festival. The reason is simple »more...

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NoGarlicNoOnions just won the Best Food Blog award during Beirut’s first annual Social Media Awards ceremony organized by Online Collaborative. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you out there who voted for NGNO. Your constant support and appreciation for what I do keep me going on and »more...

Haifa Wehbe showed up to pick up her award for Most Engaging Celebrity on Twitter
This list is not official so please feel free to correct me if I got any name wrong.

Many thanks to those who voted for us and the judges for their trust in this blog!

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Geico is an insurance company, and their ads have become a bit more sufferable now that they’ve somewhat moved on from the CGI gecko they were famous (or infamous) for. I thought you guys would enjoy this, which is being show quite a lot on several basic and cable TV stations I flipped through.
DSC will also like this ad =P

Days are passing, the world is improving and Lebanon’s culinary sector is raising the bar higher and higher. Just close your eyes and remember what we used to eat couple of years ago. Where could we find the best burger? Did we ever ask for Augus beef? The Pain D’Or bread was the highest quality available. Organic »more...

Picture taken from Virgin Radio Lebanon
Virgin Radio Lebanon is set to open in May and has leaked a picture of their Head Quarters that will be located in Jal el Dib. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson will be attending the opening.
You can check out more updates [Here].

So I’ve been sneakishly using Bassam Fattouh’s Blush Tint and Lip Tint for the past month and thoroughly enjoying the compliments I’ve been receiving. Friends have been commenting on my “rosy” cheeks and flushed lips and I’ve been acting totally oblivious, “who me? Oh it’s nothing” Yeah right.

This May and only in the US market, Budweiser beer is launching a new bowtie-shaped beer can, structured to mirror the brand’s logo. Why drink beer out of a cylindrical can when you can drink it out of a bow tie-shaped can? Pat McGauley, vice president of innovation for Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser’s parent company, says, ‘This »more...

You had come searching for a second chance,
But trying to break through, merely broke down,
Until at last any sense of purpose
Seemed nothing more than something else to lose.
You let it go and, seeing no reason to mourn
What you could no longer name, kept silence
Under the vast vacuum of heaven
Someone had nailed stars up to to hold in place.
You were hoping maybe a change of season
Might help, but there was none. You woke at dawn
Shuddering in the indifferent embrace
Of your own arms, unable to turn or return,
Dreaming of drowning, neutral as a seaweed in the war
The sea continually waged against the shore.

Baking poffertjes. . .  that we celebrated Queens Day in Lebanon. Coming Tuesday, she abdicates, and passes the scepter on to her son. From then on, we will be celebrating Kings Day.