Tastes

fresh mushrooms (1 kilogram) • onions • Salt and black pepper to taste • olive oil

medium potatoes 🥔 • medium onions, finely chopped • Salt to taste • dried mint • About 1/2 cup (120 ml) oil for frying the onions • You can add any spices you like

small potatoes • fine brown bulgur (more if needed) • all-purpose flour (about 120 grams), optional, to help bind • salt • white pepper • black pepper • seven spice blend • kibbeh spice blend (all spices to taste) • cumin, to taste • large onion • finely ground beef (about 450 grams) • seven spice blend, salt, and black pepper •

dried chickpeas, soaked overnight with 1 teaspoon baking soda (about 400 grams chickpeas, 5 grams baking soda) • tahini • Juice of 1 lemon • ice cubes • salt • olive oil • ripe avocado • garlic, minced (or to taste)

For the filling: • vegetable oil (60 ml) • finely ground beef (1 kg) • small onions, finely chopped • Salt to taste • mixed spices • For the kibbeh: • salt • each: • Ground cumin • Black pepper • pita bread •

fine bulgur wheat (about 1 kg) • ground beef or lamb (about 500 grams) • salt, or to taste • black pepper • ground cinnamon • For the filling: • medium onions • ground beef or lamb (about 1 kg) • Salt • Black pepper • Sumac • For garnish •

flour (about 1.25 kg) • warm water (about 650 ml) • espresso cup whole milk (about 2 oz / 60 ml) • espresso cup plain yogurt (about 2 oz / 60 ml) • oil (about 120 ml) • Salt • sugar (about 100 grams) • active dry yeast • (about 1.1 lbs) ground beef • large onions • medium tomatoes • salt •

whole black lentils (about 500 grams) • short-grain rice (about 100 grams) • water (2 liters) or more as needed • large onion, very finely chopped • ground cumin • ground cinnamon • Salt to taste • onions, sliced into thin wedges • vegetable oil (60 ml)

grape leaves, boiled and well cooked • labneh (well-drained) (about 120 grams) • finely chopped green onion • finely chopped parsley • finely chopped fresh mint • fresh pomegranate seeds (sour, if available) • Salt to taste

prepared grape leaves • soaked and drained rice (about 1 kg) • coarsely ground lamb, preferably with some fat for better flavor • lamb pieces with bone • allspice • black pepper • Salt to taste • garlic, peeled • freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 240 ml)

ground beef or lamb (1 kilogram) • lamb fat (about 70 grams) • onions • tomatoes • bell pepper • Hot chili peppers, to taste • salt, or to taste • seven spice blend • Any pizza dough recipe you like, without milk

Swiss chard (about 4.5 lbs or 2 kg) • Water for boiling • potatoes, sliced into rounds • tomatoes, sliced into rounds • short-grain rice (about 300 grams) • (about 450 grams) tomatoes, finely chopped • onions, finely chopped • parsley, finely chopped • fresh mint • sumac • fresh lemon juice, or more to taste • salt •

large eggplant for roasting • tahini • pomegranate molasses • Salt • Cumin • Paprika • Garlic powder • Olive oil for serving

Romaine lettuce • Cucumber • Tomato • Bell pepper • Mint • Sumac • Lemon juice • Olive oil • Salt, to taste • Arugula • Radish

finely ground rice (about 180 grams) • water (about 1.9 liters) • caraway seeds • ground cinnamon • sugar (about 300 grams, adjust to taste) • Walnuts • Almonds • Pistachios • Finely shredded coconut

romaine lettuce • tomato • cucumbers • carrot • arugula • fresh mint • green onions • parsley • Juice of 1 lemon • Olive oil • Salt to taste • Sumac •

fine bulgur (about 480 grams) • parsley • green onions • onions • salt, to taste • dried mint • red pepper • cumin • oil (240 ml) • red pepper paste • tomato paste

finely ground beef for kibbeh • fine bulgur wheat for kibbeh • kibbeh spices • onion, finely chopped • fresh or dried basil • dried marjoram • salt, or to taste • Red pepper, to taste • shredded mozzarella cheese (about 115 grams) • Water, as needed for the kibbeh mixture • Oil for frying

fine bulgur wheat • lean beef, finely ground • onion • black pepper • Salt to taste • Red pepper paste • For the filling • ground veal • walnuts (about 100 grams) • Salt to taste • Black pepper to taste • vegetable ghee or shortening •

red lentils (about 200 grams) • potato • carrot • tomato • onion • zucchini • small piece celery root • garlic cloves • butter (about 14 grams) • Salt to taste • cumin • For serving: •

ready-made falafel mix • room temperature water (or as needed) • salt (or to taste) • pita bread • tomato • fresh mint and parsley leaves • shredded lettuce • sliced pickled cucumbers and turnips • tahini sauce • vegetable oil

Store-bought sambousek dough • Kashkaval or yellow cheese, shredded • dried thyme (za'atar), or to taste • For sealing the dough: • Water • Flour

parsley • Egyptian rice (about 200 grams) • little chopped fresh mint • cinnamon • Salt to taste • Lemon juice • Olive oil • Sliced onion • Carrot • Potato

finely ground beef (500 grams) • bulgur wheat (500 grams) • ground red pepper • kibbeh spice mix • Salt to taste • seven spice (baharat) • For the filling: • ground beef (500 grams) • kibbeh spice mix • seven spice (baharat) • salt • onions, diced (500 grams) •

tomatoes • cucumbers • onion • small bunch of purslane • small bunch of fresh thyme • pomegranate molasses • Salt to taste • radishes • olive oil • little lemon juice • fried pita bread

ground beef • onion • Pomegranate molasses • Plain yogurt • Salt to taste • spice • all-purpose flour (about 4 cups) • water (240 ml) • salt • sugar • instant yeast • baking powder •

split fava beans (about 300 grams) • dried chickpeas (about 200 grams) • chopped parsley (about 15 grams) • chopped cilantro (about 7 grams) • green onions, chopped • from 3-4 sprigs fresh mint • garlic • onion • cumin • black pepper • ground coriander • baking soda •

lettuce • parsley • cabbage • mint • cucumbers • medium tomatoes • carrot • sweet bell pepper • Juice of 1 lemon • pomegranate molasses • olive oil • sumac •

yellow lentils (about 200 grams) • large onion • carrot • Celery and leek • small potato • small zucchini • garlic cloves • flat-leaf parsley • Salt and pepper to taste • ground cumin • Lemon juice to taste • butter •

split red lentils (about 400 grams) • medium onion • rice • fine bulgur • safflower • Salt and pepper to taste