World's Best Spiced Nuts
March 21, 2009

When we lived in Haiti, my husband fell in love with a particular brand of spiced nuts from Lebanon. After we left, we couldn't remember the brand but we have been trying every kind of Lebanese nuts searching for that long lost gem. A couple weeks ago when we went shopping together I saw him carrying a big pile of nuts in his arms and smiling... At last, it seemed that we had found the elusive nuts we lost years ago.

So we bought them and he opened one of the bags right away when we got home. He was smiling and popped one of his favorite spiced macadamia nuts in my mouth. It was crunchy and cheesy and immediately addictive. All the nuts have different spices and there were almonds, cashews, pistachios, macadamias, hazelnuts, pumpkin seeds, peanuts and giant corn.

This time, we wrote down the brand name so we wouldn't lose them again. The brand is called Al Rifai. You can order Al Rifai nuts via their online store. For everyone who lives in Monrovia, you can purchase them at Stop & Shop if my husband hasn't already bought them all.