Mediterranean Mains

Middle Eastern chicken dishes share a common language – warm spices, garlic, lemon, and slow-built flavor – but they speak it in a dozen different dialects. From the street-food char…

This authentic chicken shawarma recipe delivers the real thing: deeply spiced, juicy chicken with charred edges, made on a regular stovetop – no vertical spit required. A 9-spice yogurt marinade…

What to Eat with Toum What to eat with toum? Start with the classics: shawarma, grilled chicken, shish tawook, and crispy fries. This fluffy Lebanese garlic sauce is one of…

When people think of Middle Eastern food, kebabs and shawarma come to mind first. But the region’s coastlines – from the Levant to North Africa – have produced some of…

Sweet heat is having a moment, and this hot honey harissa chicken recipe shows exactly why. Chicken thighs marinate in smoky harissa paste, garlic, lemon, and warm spices, then sear…

Onion dolma turns the humblest vegetable into the star of the table. Whole onions are parboiled until their layers slip apart into natural cups, each one filled with spiced lamb…

Ful medames is Egypt’s national breakfast: humble fava beans simmered until creamy, then dressed with cumin, garlic, lemon juice, and a generous pour of olive oil. It is eaten across…

Few street foods inspire loyalty like halal cart chicken and rice. The New York City classic is a full platter: well-spiced chopped chicken, fragrant yellow rice, crisp lettuce and tomato,…

Cashew butter chicken is the dairy-free answer to classic butter chicken, with all the creamy richness and none of the cream. A silky sauce made from blended cashews coats tender,…

Some dishes taste like home, and for Lebanese families, this kousa mahshi recipe is one of them. Small zucchini are hollowed out, filled with a fragrant mixture of spiced ground…