the appetizer:
Though the Middle East has many specific regional and national cuisines, one item ties them all together: aromatic spices. Middle Eastern cooking also features many ingredients in common, like pita, honey, sesame seeds, sumac, chickpeas, mint and parsley.
Middle East
Food of Many Nations
While most Destination pages are categorized by individual nation, some countries in an entire region have similar cuisines. For this reason we examine the Middle East as a whole—at least from a culinary standpoint. Middle Eastern cuisine includes Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, along with the nations of Afghanistan, Kuwait, Yemen, Armenia and others.
Middle East
Middle Eastern Recipes
- Brides Fingers (Asabia el Aroos)
- Festive Spiced Rice (Al Koozy)
- Grilled Kefta Kebab (Kefta)
- Hummos
- Plain White Rice
- Sweet Syrup for Middle Eastern Pastries
- Triangles with Meat Filling (Samboosak)
- Yemenite Pan Roti (from Yemen)
from Kate's Global Kitchen
Middle Eastern Cookbooks with Recipes
- Arabian Cuisine by Anne Marie Weiss-Armush
- A Biblical Feast, Foods from the Holy Land, by Kitty Morse
- Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa
by Habeeb Salloum - Mediterranean Street Food by Anissa Helou
- The Spice and Herb Bible by Ian Hemphill
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This page modified January 2007
