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"Middle Eastern style spread for Pita bread. This recipe is very tasty and easy to make. This is a very popular dish in this region. The base is usually Chickpeas and Tahini, but the flavor added to the base vary widely from one chef to the next. Tahini is a sesame paste, you can usually find it in the Mediterranean section of your grocery store."

Ingredients: ground cumin, feta cheese...

"This baba ganoush recipe is from Williams-Sonoma's Small Plates by Joanne Wier, published 1998"

Ingredients: ground cumin, eggplants...

"A quick recipe for tasty pita."

Ingredients: hot water, quick-rising yeast...

"A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers."

Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...

"A refreshing cool salad!"

Ingredients: cucumbers, feta cheese...

"Note: This is one of the recipes I adopted in the Great 'Zaar Ophan Adoption of 2005. I hope you enjoy it."

Ingredients: salt, shortening, water...

"A superb sauce with that Middle Eastern flavour from the Tahini. My six sisters-in-law tried to decide what was in the sauce! Hence the name...me being the seventh sister! Delicious in chicken sandwiches, over grilled meats and also as a dip."

Ingredients: Dijon mustard, honey...

"These tasty meatloaf Sandwiches are of Middle Eastern origin. Greeks, Turks, and Lebanese all lay claim to it. It has become a popular dish in Canada."

Ingredients: pepper, red cayenne pepper...

Ingredients: dill, olive oil...

"The Fasolatha (bean soup) Festival, originated in Florina, Macedonia, Greece, and is now a major cultural event in many Greek communities across the world.

In the Northern hemisphere, the religious festival is traditionally observed near the start of winter - on St. Nicholas Day (during his lifetime he was known for giving sustenance..."

Ingredients: pepper, navy beans, olive oil...

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried garbanzo beans...

"Healthy, easy. There are no exact amounts for this spread/salad/side-dish. Experiment with ingredients/amounts."

Ingredients: cumin, fresh ground black pepper...

"I got this recipe from a local hole in the wall Lebanese restaurant and tweaked it a bit. Best of both the sweet and savory worlds. As a time saver I keep a jar of this spice blend (Shawarma spice blend) on hand and just measure out 2 1/2 tsp of the combined mixture in order to make this recipe. For the frozen vegetables I use a combo of corn, peas,..."

Ingredients: pepper, ground cardamom...

"Long a delicacy of Greece and the Middle East, this pastry is sure to satisfy the most discriminating taste buds."

Ingredients: pistachios, rose water...