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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 | |