>> it's a few of my favorite things -- lebanese lentils, lemons, labana and the finger lakes. >> cooking with julie taboulie is made possible by our members, and by viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> i love my lebanese cuisine so much, and there's certainly an array of appetizing ingredients to cook with, and today we're featuring a few of my favorites, lentils, lemons, labana, all the while surrounded by the finger lakes. my first favorite ingredients up is lentils and lemons with my lebanese lentil and swiss chard soup swimming with herbed bulgar wheat balls. my next favorite ingredient up is labana, which creating the finishing sauce for the chickpea potato and bulgar wheat patty that is simply scrumptious. it's a few of my favorite things -- lebanese style. today i'm making a very special soup and side dish for my very special sister, salma. this show is all about a couple of my favorite ingredients like lemon and lentils and all of those great aromatics that i always cook with like my garlic and parsley and shallots, and what we're doing is we're making one of my favorite soups, and