Growing up in the Egyptian city of Port Said, Suzy Karadsheh and her dad would head to the local market after school every day to pick up fresh produce for dinner.
Once at home, she would do her homework in the kitchen, inhaling the fragrant garlicky, spicy, or tomatoey aromas as her mom cooked dinner. The port city borders the Mediterranean Sea, making its local cuisine a melting pot of flavors from Egypt as well as nearby countries, including Greece, Turkey, and Italy.
“I was taking it in without realizing,” Karadsheh, the founder of The Mediterranean Dish, a recipe website, told Business Insider. Now based in Atlanta and a busy mom of two…
