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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sauces and Dips | |
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| Two Walnut and Pomegranate Sauces and Dips | |
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| Two Garlic Sauces and Dips | |
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| Seven Tahini-Based Sauces and Dips | |
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| Four Yogurt Sauces and Dips | |
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| Georgian Sour Plum Sauce | |
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| Breads | |
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| Store-Bought Breads | |
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| Stale Bread | |
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| Floppy Breads Made on a Griddle over a Fire | |
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| Buba Khotoveli's Crackling Flat Bread | |
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| Turkish Ridge-Patterned Bread (Agik Ekmek or Pide) | |
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| Two Corn Breads | |
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| Savory Country Pies and Pastries | |
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| All-Purpose Pie Dough with Yeast | |
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| Spicy Eastern Mediterranean Pizza with Meat | |
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| Za'atar Pie | |
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| Mrs. Bezjian's Swiss Chard and Tahini Beureks | |
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| Georgian Beef Pie in the Svaneti Style | |
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| Georgian Home-Style Cheese Bread Pie | |
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| Northern Greek Pies | |
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| Macedonian Phyllo Dough | |
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| Homemade Pastry Dough with Olive Oil | |
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| Recipes for Nine Northern Greek Pies | |
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| Arab and Turkish Pies | |
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| Two Dumpling Recipes | |
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| Soups | |
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| Anatolian Sour Soup: Mothers and Daughters | |
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| Three Meatless Lentil Soups | |
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| Georgian White Soup with Fresh Herbs | |
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| Georgian Spicy and Sour Beef Soup | |
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| Red Bean and Hot Pepper Soup from Dagestan | |
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| Macedonian Green Cream | |
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| Four Yogurt Soups | |
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| Small Uncooked Salads | |
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| Fresh Summer Salads | |
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| Two Bread Salads | |
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| Two Middle Eastern Grain Salads | |
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| Two Pungent Her Salads | |
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| Three Olive Salads | |
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| Small Cooked Vegetable Dishes | |
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| Three Pomegranate-Flavored Vegetables | |
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| Four Macedonian Eggplant Salads | |
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| Two Stuffed Vegetables | |
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| Two Stuffed Leaf Dishes | |
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| A Georgian Vegetable and Bean Sampler | |
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| Three Southeastern Turkish Salads | |
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| Vegetables | |
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| Vegetables Simmered in Olive Oil | |
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| Assorted Vegetables and Greens | |
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| Four Eggplant Dishes | |
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| Three Vegetable Dishes with a Meaty Flavor | |
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| Stuffed Fruits and Vegetables | |
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| Stuffed Eggplants with Tomato-Pomegranate Sauce | |
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| Stuffed Eggplants with Yogurt | |
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| Zucchinis Stuffed With Bulgur, Tomatoes, and Hot Pepper | |
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| Stuffed Cabbage, Aleppo Style | |
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| Balkan Stuffed Cabbage | |
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| Baked Green Tomatoes Stuffed with Mixed Herbs and Walnuts | |
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| Quinces Stuffed with Chicken, Golden Raisins, and Almonds | |
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| Pilafs, Pulses, and Corn | |
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| Pilafs | |
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| Pulse and Corn Dishes | |
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| Kibbeh | |
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| Fifty Varieties of Kibbeh | |
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| Making Kibbeh: Detailed Instructions | |
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| Fried Kibbeh | |
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| Vegetarian Kibbeh | |
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| Poached and Steamed Kibbeh | |
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| Baked Kibbeh | |
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| Leftover Kibbeh Simmered in an Onion and Tomato Stew | |
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| Fish | |
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| Rainbow Trout Fillets with Eggplant and Pomegranate | |
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| Spicy Fish Fillets with Bulgur and Caramelized Onions, Latakia Style | |
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| Baked Fish Fillets with Walnut and Fresh Coriander Sauce | |
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| Fish Poached in Cumin-Flavored Tomato Sauce | |
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| Fish Poached in Morel Sauce | |
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| Fish Smothered in a Tahini Sauce | |
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| Pepper Fish | |
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| Marinated and Fried Small Fish with Rosemary | |
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| Marinated and Fried Catfish, Aleppo Style | |
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| Sardines Wrapped in Grape Leaves | |
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| Swordfish Pilakisi | |
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| Skewered Swordfish | |
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| Mussels Saganaki | |
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| Marinated and Grilled Octopus | |
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| Poultry | |
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| Chicken Broiled with Lemon and Yogurt Marinade | |
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| Rolled Breast of Chicken Glazed with Pomegranate | |
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| Georgian Chicken Tabaka with Two Sauces | |
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| Musakhan | |
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| Chicken with Okra | |
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| Roast Chicken Stuffed with Lamb, Rice, and Pine Nuts | |
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| A Circassian's "Circassian-Style" Chicken | |
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| Duck with Quinces | |
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| Meat | |
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| Grilled Meats | |
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| Seven Ground Meat Kabobs | |
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| Three Meatball Dishes | |
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| A Regional Sampler of Meat Stews | |
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| Three Casserole Dinners | |
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| Desserts | |
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| Noah's Pudding | |
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| Rice Pudding | |
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| Poached Apricots | |
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| Cherry Bread Pudding | |
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| Halvah of the Poor Shepherd | |
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| Syrian "Cheese Rags" | |
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| Yogurt Cake | |
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| Baklava, Gaziantep Style | |
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| Pistachio- and Cheese-Filled Kunefe | |
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| Semolina Butter Cookies | |
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| Date and Semolina Cakes with Two Variations | |
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| Clarified Butter | |
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| Sugar Syrup | |
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| Imitation Kaymak | |
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| Eastern Mediterranean Pepper Pastes | |
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| Home-Prepared Spice Mixtures | |
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| Stocking the Eastern Mediterranean Larder | |
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| Spices and Herbs | |
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| Miscellany | |
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| Mail-Order Addresses | |
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| Yogurt | |
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| Homemade Yogurt | |
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| Draining Yogurt | |
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| Iced Yogurt Drink | |
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| Yogurt Cheese Balls Packed in Olive Oil | |
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| Another Kind of Yogurt Cheese | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |