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"This soup has a flavor combination that is very popular in the Middle East. This is based on a Faye Levy recipe."

Ingredients: ground cumin, celery & tops...

"This is the best chicken soup I've ever made. It's very different and flavorful! The recipe comes from a Jewish cookbook. It's the typical Yemenite dish for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year)."

Ingredients: cumin, dill, fresh cilantro...

"This is one of the most forgiving recipes you will find. It's hard to go wrong here. Observant Jews cannot cook on the Sabbath, and yet it has always been tradition to serve a hot meal on Saturday after returning from Synagogue. This is the heart of Jewish cooking - no finesse, no mess, no fanciness. Just a hearty meal that is economical, delicious,..."

Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, dried kidney beans...

"This tangy soup is low-fat, quick and easy to prepare! It is a copycat-of a-copycat recipe from the soup served at Reza's, a Persian restaurant in Chicago (so called because I have never been to Reza's, but once had someone else's imitation of it!). Sumac powder and dried limes can both be found at Middle Eastern groceries or ethnic stores...."

Ingredients: dried dill, chopped tomatoes...

"This vegetarian Georgian soup is flavored with onions, dill, parsley and lemon juice, and infused with cilantro (fresh coriander). It is light and nice to serve in the summer months."

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, fresh cilantro...

"Adapted from Najmieh Batmanglij's "Persian Cooking for a Healthy Kitchen". I have not yet had the chance to try this recipe, but it looks delicious and I cannot wait to test it out!"

Ingredients: pepper, pistachios, rice flour...

"Known as Avgolemono in Greece and Aarshe Saak in the Middle East, this tangy velvety soup is a staple at many meals. Aarshe Saak typically has small meatballs in it, while Avgolemono traditionally has rice and no meat. However, there are many regional and personal variations, and this is mine.

This version I came up with has has chicken..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, eggs...

"A delicious and hearty soup from Faye Levy's cookbook, "Feast From the Mideast: 250 Sun-Drenched Recipes from the Lands of the Bible". Makes 6 first-course or 3 or 4 main-course servings."

Ingredients: vermicelli, ground cumin...