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  • From reading the box, I discovered that the product was also called "maftoul," the name for this kind of couscous in Jordan, Lebanon and the West Bank.

    Articles webmaster@jewishjournal.com 2010

  • Israeli couscous aka pearl couscous, supercouscous, Israeli toasted pasta, and maftoul is larger, chewier, and nuttier than the kind usually found on supermarket shelves.

    SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

  • Israeli couscous aka pearl couscous, supercouscous, Israeli toasted pasta, and maftoul is larger, chewier, and nuttier than the kind usually found on supermarket shelves.

    SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

  • The four of us-me, my wife, our son and a friend-sat down to eat: Greek salad, hummus, bourekas, cracked olives and couscous-or was it maftoul?

    Articles webmaster@jewishjournal.com 2010

  • Can't wait to try the local hummus, maftoul, tabouleh, a piece of sticky baklava

    Matador Network 2010

  • Somewhere between couscous and cracked wheat in texture, maftoul is a hand-rolled grain, traditionally eaten at special occasions, which takes a whole day to make from scratch.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • I am invited to lunch with the ladies of the co-op to taste this morning's batch of maftoul.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • These women take an entrepreneurial pride in their maftoul and are delighted to think that consumers in the UK can taste the fruit of their endeavours.

    The Guardian World News 2009

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