Serious Eats' Halal Cart-Style Chicken and Rice With White Sauce 

Take the Halal cart home with you.

Traditional Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

A creamy and pungent garlic paste, perfect for grilled meats or in a traditional chicken shawarma.

The Best Baba Ganoush

A few simple tricks make this the richest, smokiest, creamiest baba ganoush in town.

Easy, Herb-Packed Falafel

For crisp-outside, light-and-fluffy-inside falafel, soak dried chickpeas, then grind them raw.

Grilled Flatbread With Olive Oil and Za'atar

A quick and easy flatbread made on the grill gets topped with za'atar.

Perfect Homemade Pita Bread

You'll never want to eat store-bought again.

Seekh Kebabs (Pakistani Spicy Grilled Ground Meat Skewers)

Spiced Pakistani beef or lamb kebabs, perfect for your next cookout.

Israeli-Style Extra-Smooth Hummus

Puréeing garlic in lemon juice and blending chickpeas while they're hot = great hummus.

Sabich Sandwiches (Pitas With Eggplant, Eggs, Hummus, and Tahini)

This Israeli sandwich of moist fried eggplant, crunchy pickles, hard-boiled egg, and creamy hummus has won our hearts.

Zhug (Yemenite Hot Sauce With Cilantro and Parsley)

Olive oil soaks up flavor from pounded herbs, garlic, chilies, and spices in this fiery sauce.

Grilled Turkish-Style Chicken Wings

A Turkish twist on the classic grilled wings of summer.

Preserved Lemons

Preserved lemons are useful in all sorts of recipes, and they're easy to make.

Spicy Ful Medames (Fava Beans) With Olive Oil and Chili

Bean stew loaded with lemon, garlic, cumin, and chili powder.

The Best Tabbouleh Salad

The key to great tabbouleh salad is to control its moisture.

Kofte Kebabs With Spicy Harissa Yogurt Sauce and Grilled Flatbread (Minced Lamb ...

Kofte kebabs have seasoning built right into them.

Ful Medames (Egyptian Breakfast Fava Beans With Tahini)

An Egyptian breakfast dish of favas stewed with tahini and seasoned with garlic, cumin, and lemon.

Grilling: Lebanese Kofta

Hummus Masabacha (Hummus With Whole Chickpeas)

A saucy, chunky chickpea dip.

Seriously Meatless: Tahina

Kanafeh (Middle Eastern Cheese and Phyllo Dessert)

For the best of salty and sweet, kanafeh combines buttery phyllo and gooey cheese in a floral syrup-soaked pastry.

Vegetarian Maqluba (Rice Layered With Tomatoes, Eggplant, and Cauliflower)

A tall, golden savory cake filled to bursting with tender vegetables and crowned with yielding rounds of tomatoes.

Na'ama's Fattoush from 'Jerusalem'

Falafel With Black Olives and Harissa

Pair these moderately spicy falafel balls with a hot sauce like zhug for a real burn.

Za'atar Rice Pilaf

Hey Chef, What Can I Do With Sumac?

What is sumac good for? Practically everything.

A Time of Plenty: Celebrating Nowruz in America

Nowruz is a reminder that we are more than what we don't have.