Recipes by Food Culture: Middle-Eastern / Levantine

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Eastern Mediterranean mezze get the José Andrés treatment in his wonderful new ‘Zaytinya’ cookbook

Cookbooks We Love: Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean is one of the revered author’s greatest volumes

Treat yourself to bastani — gorgeously perfumed Persian saffron-and-rosewater ice cream

Hope for a “new day” for Iran’s women by cooking these dishes for Nowruz, the festival marking the start of spring

Cookbooks We Love: Reem Kassis’ The Arabesque Table offers irresistible spins on Levantine traditions

Author Najmieh Batmanglij is the revered ‘goddess of Iranian cooking’

Rose petals, saffron and tender lamb meatballs: Now that’s a chicken soup!

Moussaka, a spectacular dish with a curious history, gets a (long-overdue!) makeover

What to make this weekend: Baked kofta and tomato from Sami Tamimi’s ‘Falastin’

Support the people of Beirut: Make a donation, and then make some hummus and eat pita and send love

For ‘Top Chef’ judge Nilou Motamed, the Iranian herb platter sabzi khordan is a way of life

Exuberantly delicious and beautifully told, ‘Falastin’ is one of those life-changing cookbooks

Anissa Helou’s ‘Feast’ delivers delicious inspiration from around the Islamic world

This refreshingly minty Levantine-style salad is missing a key ingredient — that’s why we call it ‘fattoush-ish’

Freshly baked pita can happen in your very own oven

Baba ganoush fever: How can burnt eggplant become a dip that’s so friggin’ brilliant and addictive?

Ring in the new year with soulful Persian soups starring The Black Eyed Peas

Tender lamb meatballs with pine nuts and a touch of mint: Yes, please!

When life deals you zucchini, make these insanely delicious Greek fritters

Summer's most glorious make-ahead dessert: cardamom-scented milk custard with apricot gel and crushed pistachio

Did someone say 'butterflied leg of lamb'? Fire up the grill for a dreamy Mediterranean dinner

Ottolenghi meets Zahav: Introducing the ultimate hummus recipe

Hummus fans rejoice: Introducing an amazing, easy cheater version

A new cookbook, 'Soup for Syria,' aims to help food relief efforts for Syrian refugees