- Middle Eastern cuisine
The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the various
cuisine s of theMiddle East . Despite their similarities, there are considerable differences inclimate andculture , so that the term is not particularly useful. Commonly used ingredients includepita s,honey ,sesame seeds,sumac ,chickpea s, mint andparsley .The Middle Eastern cuisines include:
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Arab cuisine
*Armenian cuisine
*Assyrian cuisine
*Central Asian Cuisine (Partly)
*Cypriot cuisine
*Egyptian cuisine
*Greek cuisine (Partly)
*Israeli cuisine
*Iraqi cuisine
* Iranian (Persian) cuisine
*Lebanese cuisine
*North African cuisine (Partly)
*Palestinian cuisine
* Somali cuisine
*Syrian cuisine
*Turkish cuisine
*Yemeni cuisine Bibliography
* Claudia Roden, "The New Book of Middle Eastern Food", Knopf, 2000. ISBN 0-375-40506-2.
* Sami Zubaida and Richard Tapper, "A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East", London and New York, 1994 and 2000, ISBN 1-86064-603-4.ee also
* Orthodox Christian fasting rules
* Jewish dietary laws
*Muslim dietary laws External links
* [http://www.mideat.com/ Middle eastern recipes]
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