On a recent afternoon, the kitchen at St. Mary’s Syriac Orthodox Church in Shrewsbury bustled with cooking, conversation, and the delicious aroma of foods such as kibbeh.
Made with a shell of bulghur grain and stuffed with meat and seasonings, and fried in bubbling oil, it’s a treat not to be missed at the upcoming Middle Eastern festival, set for Aug. 11-13 at the church.
The air was also filled with a multiplicity of languages: Arabic, English, and Aramaic. Like Arabic and Hebrew, it’s a…
