Cooking
or culinary holidays, vacations, tours to Jordan:
JORDAN
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. . an ideal opportunity to brush up on your Arabic!
 Jordan
is a relatively small country situated at the crossroads
of the Middle East. It is bordered on the north by Syria,
on the east by Iraq and by Saudi Arabia on the east
and South. To the west it is bordered by Israel and
Palestine with the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea on
its south western tip.
It
is a country steeped in history going back to Biblical
times with many astounding sites including the capital
Amman, the magnificent Nabatean city of Petra, the spectacular
Greco-Roman ruins of Jerash, the desert castles, Lawrence's
famous Wadi Rum and many other historical and impressive
sites throughout the Kingdom. There are also the biblical
sites of Jordan such as Bethany Beyond the Jordan where
John the Baptist baptised Jesus, Mount Nebo where Moses
saw the Promised Land, Madaba the City of Mosaics and
various other sites of this eastern Holy Land.
Jordan
is blessed with a Mediterranean climate which makes
traveling there pleasurable all year round. The capital
Amman is sunny and cloudless from May to October, with
average temperatures around 23°C. In Spring the
weather is mild and pleasant with lush greenery and
it is very similar in the Autumn. July and August are
hot and dry but not oppressive.
Arab
cuisine is one of the most elaborate and sophisticated
in the world. Food is also an important part of the
culture and is used to express hospitality and generosity.
Jordanians are exceptionally hospitable. Do not be surprised
if you are invited to share a meal in someone's home
. . . when Jordanians invite you, they mean it! The
local cuisine includes a dizzying savoury variety of
appetisers, called mezzeh, aromatic breads, wonderful
sweets soaked in honey, pistachios and others, not forgetting
Mansaf which is Jordan's traditional dish of lamb, yogurt
sauce and rice. Traditionally Mansaf is eaten by sharing
from a large platter - it is eaten with the hands, rather
than using utensils (although it has more recently become
accepted to eat it with a spoon from a normal dish).
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Cooking
in Jordan with On The Menu |
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On The Menu, you learn to cook sensational food
in spectacular locations. They have carefully chosen
a venue close to the fabled lost city of Petra where
you can learn to cook Jordanian food in a dedicated
cooking school just outside the deserted city .
. . whilst of course staying in luxury accommodation. |
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