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A samosa may be one of the most popular Southeast Asian snacks, but its origin lies in the Middle East. From the Persian sambusak, a crisp filled baked pastry and the precursor to the samosa, to the ...

The fatayer is one of the staples of Middle Eastern cuisine, found as far afield as Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine. In Lebanon, they are made in triangles, large or small, with the pastry encasing ...

Thaw and strain the spinach. Squeeze water out to avoid soggy pies. Dice your onion and mix with the thawed spinach. Mix in olive oil, lemon juice, sumac, and salt. Let sit in a bowl for half an hour ...

A mezza feast can last for many hours, so it is customary to offer a wide variety of food in abundant quantities. Serving an array of dainty, golden, savoury pastries such as these is an essential ...

The flavour of the feta through the spinach with the spices is very moorish, I ate these regularly as a daytime snack throughout Syria. In Syria they used a pizza dough as the base, I've decided to ...

Fatayer is the word used for pies. And there are many versions. I am going to share a few here as some of them can be successfully frozen and then warmed in the oven. Because I have many vegetarian ...

Premier Rachel Notley's secret political fuel is a bready pocket of gastronomic goodness. The fatayer, a Middle Eastern meat pie, is her pick for Edmonton's ultimate snack food. The NDP leader was ...

I'd gone to Community in Little Arabia to get a massage at Yoga Stone one night last week, and when I stumbled floppily out of the complex, I was hungry. Across the street, Forn al-Hara, formerly ...

Similar to the Greek spanakopita, which is made with filo pastry, variations of these flaky Lebanese spinach and feta pies are eaten in Middle Eastern countries including Turkey and Syria. Credit: ...