Healthy All-Natural Nut Butters Now in Egypt

Looks like the kids who grew up in SUGAR-FREE, HEALTHY EATING homes are coming of age and starting their own businesses!! Says Sherine Tawfik, founder of Fino's: "We got [tired] of commercial brands, even the healthy ones, because they are not as healthy as they claim to be; the list of ingredients is full of things you don't know. Store-bought butters are filled with additives, sugars, salts and stabilizers. I started [making nut butters] on a small scale and I turned it into a
business because I love it!" Tawfik, who lent her childhood nickname, "Fino", to her business, was interviewed 
in an Daily News Egypt, Issue 2403.
 
Read more here:

http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/03/24/finos-natural-nut-butters/


Fino's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/finosnutbutters

Egyptian Food Heritage: Weika and More

Upper Egypt is particularly rich in intangible heritage. Among the heritage associated with the region’s cuisine is weika [dried okra stew] and al-eish al-shamsy [sun-baked bread], just two examples of Upper Egyptian culinary heritage that many people, even many other Egyptians, do not know about.

Read more on Al-Ahram Weekly's website:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/5508/47/Recipes-onto-the-heritage-list.aspx