Title take-back for the hummus heavyweight

Some competitions are won by a narrow margin. If the last six months are any precedent, the contest over hummus won’t be one of them. On May 8th, Lebanon carved its initials into the immortal Guinness Book of World Records for the second time in less than a year with the most hummus ever assembled in a single place. The record amount, initially claimed by Lebanon last October but snatched across the border by Israel in December, has grown exponentially as the competition between the two countries has escalated. Israel’s December record of 4,090 kilos more than doubled Lebanon’s initial amount of two tons, and Lebanon’s May rebuttal sets the figure at 10,453 kilos.  A day later, on May 9, Lebanon set the record for most falafel assembled, weighing 5173 kilos, which equals approximately 10452 dozens. “We could have done 12 tons,” said Chef Ramsi Choueiry, who presided over both