Chef Maisa Abudayha offers tastes of the Levant to diners and professional kitchen training to new immigrants  | Food & Cooking | Spokane | The Pacific Northwest Inlander | News, Politics, Music, Calendar, Events in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and the Inland Northwest
T he motto at Feast World Kitchen is "Less fear, more falafel," yet Jordanian-born chef and Chef Program Director Maisa Abudayha wants people to know there's more than just falafel to the cuisine of the eastern Mediterranean (more accurately the Levant, which includes Jordan and neighboring regions). Shushbarak, for example, is lamb dumplings in Greek yogurt. She makes sajieh with spicy strips of beef and peppers. And fattet dajej is a rich layering of crispy pita bread, rice, chicken, and creamy sesame tahini. Abudayha has made all these entrees and more for Feast World, a Spokane-ba...