The NY Times enlightens us to the famous Damascene confectioner Ghraoui, which has roots from Ottoman times. The little fruit gems just sound beautiful:
Ghraoui's fawakeh mujaffafa come in octagonal silver gift boxes, and they look almost jewel-like: perfect miniature apricots, figs and even eggplants resting in individual paper nests. The fruits are picked while they are still tiny and carefully boiled in sugar syrup, then dried in the sun so they maintain their color and shape.
A seventeen-piece assortment costs $7.25. They are the traditional food for Syrian special occasions.
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