Tahini sauce

It is very hard to translate the local fascination with tahini to an outsider. When we filmed a documentary for the BBC in Jerusalem, we tried to get James and Lauren, the crew from England, to catch the tahini bug. We never managed, even when we sneaked it into their food behind their backs. They both spotted it and thought it just spoilt everything, whether a juicy kebab or a fresh salad. They understood the idea behind mixing it into hummus, but not having it as the star ingredient in a