Jordanian cuisine
Fattoush: The Salad Built to Waste Nothing
Country of origin: Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine) Today’s random pick lands on fattoush — a…
Jordanian cuisine
Freekeh: The Grain That Was Invented By Accident
Country of origin: Levant (widely eaten across Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine) Today’s random pick lands…
Egyptian cuisine
Qatayef: The Dessert That Only Shows Up Once a Year
Country of origin: Levant and Egypt (widely eaten across the Arab Middle East) Today’s random pick…
Lebanese cuisine
Tabbouleh: The Parsley Salad Where the Ratio Is Everything
Tabbouleh — a bright, herb-forward salad built primarily from finely chopped parsley, with tomato, mint, bulgur,…
Jordanian cuisine
Manakish: The Levantine Flatbread Built Around a Single Spice Blend
Manakish (singular: manoushe) — a flatbread topped most classically with za’atar and olive oil, baked until…
Lebanese cuisine
Kibbeh: The Levant’s Most Technically Demanding Dish
Kibbeh, also spelled kibbe or kubbeh, is a dish built from a fine paste of bulgur…
Egyptian cuisine
Falafel: The Dish Everyone Claims and No One Fully Owns
Falafel earns its own deep dive as one of the most recognizable Middle Eastern foods in…
Lebanese cuisine
Mujaddara — Lebanese lentils and rice with caramelized onions
There’s a certain kind of magic in a dish that needs almost nothing to be extraordinary.…