Proper Tabouleh

Because proper tabouleh is a herb salad with wheat, not a wheat salad with herbs. But y’all knew that, right? This version is based on the lovely Anissa Helou’s recipe, because she is an authority on Levantine food. And learning a cuisine is a bit like learning to be a clown: you need to grasp how to do it properly before you can start playing around with it. But the truth is that you can throw more or less anything at bulghur wheat and make a serviceable salad (see the brown bulghur wheat