"A Fistful of Lentils" by Jennifer Felicia Abadi (Harvard Common Press, 2002). Reading "A Fistful of Lentils" is like wandering through a family album. Instead of food photos you find dozens of family ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When one thinks of spice-forward cuisines, Middle Eastern food may come to mind. Middle Eastern and North African cuisine is specifically ...

When we dismiss the Middle Ages as a dark, regrettable period, we aren't acknowledging what was going on outside Europe. While Europe was a moldering cultural backwater, the Arab world was ...

A selection of dried ingredients and spices in bowls and spoons on a wooden table - Sgaphoto/Getty Images When one thinks of spice-forward cuisines, Middle Eastern food may come to mind. Middle ...