A piragua is a pyramid of hand-shaved ice packed into a cup, doused with fruit-flavored syrup, and eaten immediately before it melts. The name combines the Spanish pirámide and agua — pyramid water — describing both the shape and the substance. The piragüero shaves ice from a large block using a specialized metal scraper, packs […]

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Booza is a frozen dairy dessert made from milk, sugar, sahlab, and mastic, processed through pounding and stretching rather than churning. Sahlab is a flour ground from the dried tubers of wild orchids; mastic is a resin harvested from trees native primarily to the Greek island of Chios. Together they produce a texture that has […]

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