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

Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...

"East meets West in this unique blend of cranberries with other fruits. Makes a nice change of pace from the traditional cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving. Great as a sandwich spread with cream cheese too :)"

Ingredients: cinnamon, cranberries, raisins...

"This is a wonderful breakfast or brunch when you wake up ravenous and really need a protein hit. A Saudi friend taught me how to make this. P.S. If you live in the Seattle area, a little store in the Pike Place Market called The Souk sells fava beans in cans; The store has a lot of great food items."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves, cumin...

"This is another Lebanese secret old favourite. But get the toothpaste ready. Love this on chicken when bbq'd or grilled. Try it you'll love it."

Ingredients: garlic, salt, virgin olive oil...

"Labaneh is yogurt cheese, a wonderful invention for everything from pasta to sandwich spread. It takes a minimum of 8 hours to drain the yogurt, transforming it into cheese, and the cheese can be refrigerated for several days. More than once, it has taken 2 days for the yogurt to drain to the desired thickness, so plan accordingly. Minimal time for..."

Ingredients: garlic, nonfat plain yogurt...

"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...

"A delicious combination of Baba Ganoush and Hummus from Cooking Light magazine. It's quick and easy to prepare and is good as a dip with toasted pita and/or crudites, spread on pita as a sandwich base or almost any other way you can think of to use it. When I serve it as a dip, I always pour a layer of EVOO on top."

Ingredients: ground cumin, eggplants...

"This cheese (also labaneh) originates in the Middle Eastern countries and is usually made with goats milk. This give quite a sour cheese so cows milk yoghurt is more to our Western palate. Allow up to 48 hours. From 500mls expect about 250gm of cheese. If you won't eat this in a couple of days you will need to preserve it in oil. This can be..."

Ingredients: mint leaves, olive oil...

"Simple, fresh, lovely, traditional. Great for picnics, or lunch. Serve with some Kalamata olives & hot peppers."

Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh cilantro...

"Simple to make Apricot Chutney Recipe Courtesey Old Monterey Inn A bed and breakfast inn located in Monterey, California."

Ingredients: cilantro, curry powder...

"Chutney with truly delectable taste with crunch of curry and onions !"

Ingredients: curry powder, garam masala...

"This is in response to a recipe request. I can get matbucha from my local supermarket any day, but now that I have a recipe it should be simple to make it myself, and alter it to my tastes."

Ingredients: garlic, lemons, olive oil...

"This is a mouth watering awesome Armenian style steak tartare called Chee kufta by my Aunt Sophie. She made this for me special when I was visiting her, which was very often! It's important to use very, very lean beef and make sure you have the butcher ground it very fine, twice. Knead it as recipe says to: 5 minutes! No, you won't get sick..."

Ingredients: cracked wheat, lean ground meat...

"This is a simplified version of a recipe for pav bhaji, an indian street snack served on hot rolls, that I found in the LA Times [http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-bombayrec1may11,0,2822841.story?coll=la-home-food ]. You can use it as a spread for nan, pitta or tortillas; snack on it as a dip with chips or serve it alone as a spicy low carb..."

Ingredients: cumin seeds, garam masala...