Lebanese cooking is a celebration of contrast: bright herbs and warm spices, crisp salads and slow-simmered stews, tangy sauces and deeply savory meats. These Lebanese recipes — drawn from home ...

John Gregory Smith, a British writer who specializes in Middle Eastern cuisines, has written five cookbooks, and they all revolve around spices. The first two books were focused on just that — the ...

I suppose you could say I have lamb in my bones. I grew up in a Middle Eastern home, and the meat was at least as common as beef or chicken. At Thanksgiving, we would include a rice dressing called ...

When Jennifer Alcott was researching recipes to create a traditional Lebanese dinner to share with Tulsa World readers, she ran across a valuable find for her personally. Alcott and husband John ...

FALL RIVER – Take 500 pounds of shish kebab, 500 pounds of chicken kebab, 5,000 stuffed grape leaves, 43 trays of kibbee, 200 pounds of hummus and 400 pounds of tabouli and you have a glimpse of all ...