Abu Shadi puts the prepared flatbread into the oven at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon's manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded in half and rolled in paper to go. AFP. AFP
Abu Shadi puts the prepared flatbread into the oven at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon's manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then folded in half and rolled in paper to go. AFP. AFP
Freshly baked flatbread garnished with thyme and cheese ready to be served at Abu Shadi's bakery. The baker says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh becuase of skyrocketing prices caused by inflation. AFP
Freshly baked flatbread garnished with thyme and cheese ready to be served at Abu Shadi's bakery. The baker says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh becuase of skyrocketing prices caused by inflation. AFP
Abu Shadi operates the kneading machine at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of Beirut. AFP
Abu Shadi operates the kneading machine at his bakery in the Ras Beirut area of Beirut. AFP
A staff member prepares the dough to make garnished flatbread at the bakery in Beirut. AFP
A staff member prepares the dough to make garnished flatbread at the bakery in Beirut. AFP
Dough being prepared to make garnished flatbread. AFP
Dough being prepared to make garnished flatbread. AFP
Abu Shadi tosses the flatbread dough to thin it before garnishing. AFP
Abu Shadi tosses the flatbread dough to thin it before garnishing. AFP
Cheese and leafy vegetables are added to the flattened dough. AFP
Cheese and leafy vegetables are added to the flattened dough. AFP
Flattened dough garnished with cheese and leafy vegetables is ready to be baked. AFP
Flattened dough garnished with cheese and leafy vegetables is ready to be baked. AFP
Traditional flatbread sprinkled with cheese and leafy vegetables. AFP
Traditional flatbread sprinkled with cheese and leafy vegetables. AFP
Abu Shadi adds salt to a freshly baked garnished flatbread. AFP
Abu Shadi adds salt to a freshly baked garnished flatbread. AFP
Abu Shadi cuts a freshly baked garnished flatbread before serving it to a customer. AFP
Abu Shadi cuts a freshly baked garnished flatbread before serving it to a customer. AFP
Abu Shadi serves customers at his bakery. AFP
Abu Shadi serves customers at his bakery. AFP

Lebanon

Crisis bites for Lebanese bakery - in pictures

As inflation sends prices soaring, baker Abu Shadi says many of his customers of three decades can no longer afford to buy his modest manousheh

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April 01, 2021

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