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"A quick recipe for tasty pita."

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

"This is my daughter Nomi's all-time favorite way to eat rice. My friend Debbie, who is married to a Persian, makes this for her every time we're over at their house for a meal. I figured I was going to have to learn to make this myself, since Nomi just adores this rice and asks for it every time. It's a little complicated, but gets easier..."

Ingredients: cooking oil, long grain rice...

"This is a delicious and different way to make couscous. For more of a bite, try using diced tomatoes with green chiles."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, couscous...

"Israel has a zillion versions of hummous, but this is one version I could only find in the States. This was developed over trial and error (and lots of searching for recipes) until I got it just right."

Ingredients: cumin, ground cayenne pepper...

"This is ideal for when fresh fruit isn't available."

Ingredients: sweet red wine, oranges...

"This is a staple at our house. We like to eat it by dragging some fresh pita bread through it by hand."

Ingredients: cucumbers, eggplants...

"This is a wonderful salad, good for Thanksgiving but we make it all year round. This is a traditional Sepharidic recipe."

Ingredients: lemon juice, paprika...