Sabrina Ghayour’s new cookbook, “Bazaar: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes” (Michell Beazley, $34.99) showcases the alluring flavor profiles of Middle Eastern cuisines — showcasing key spices, herbs and ...

Here's everything you need to know about sumac, the tangy spice that's a key ingredient in many Middle Eastern dishes and has various other applications.

For years I avoided recipes that called for sumac, or relied on poor facsimiles using lemon juice. Every time I saw sumac in an ingredients list I would immediately begin to itch. I couldn't help but ...

A summer trip to the Greek islands and Cyprus left me pining for Mediterranean food. Yasmin Khan’s latest cookbook, “Ripe Figs,” is the perfect cure for that craving. Her recipe for Pomegranate and ...

To make the schnitzel, cut the aubergine into 1cm to 2cm-thick slices lengthways. Combine the breadcrumbs, half the sumac, the parmesan, mint, parsley, lemon zest and seasoning. Whisk the eggs with ...

Making kebabs from ground beef presents an opportunity and a problem. They can be boldly flavored from within by mixing spices and herbs into the meat. But getting them to stay put on skewers is ...

A wild flowering bush with very sour berries is the source of this vibrant spice. Those berries are dried, ground, then sifted to obtain what’s recognized as sumac spice across the Arab and ...

Pulverized dried sumac berries form the bright and tangy spice, popular in Middle Eastern cuisines—but sumac can do more than lend a tart earthy essence to meals. It is packed with an array of ...

After publishing the chicken kebab recipe, a reader asked for a beef kebab recipe, but not one made with chunks of meat but with spiced ground meat. I’m sure what he is asking for are kofta kebabs.