Salem resident Dawn Silek mixes meat filling for Lebanese meat pies. Meg Hibbert, Contributing writer Volunteers talk and joke as they make stuffed grape leaves, cabbage rolls, meat pies, spinach pies and more in the kitchen of St. Elias Maronite Catholic Church. They’re getting ready for the 25th annual Lebanese Festival on May 29-31. This Saturday the women and men will be preparing cabbage rolls. “The festival is a feast of beloved Lebanese favorites,” said Marcelle Melki, who has been up to her elbows in preparations since the first year. “Father Rudolph Wakim approached the older ladies in 1998 about...