{"id":11898,"count":48,"description":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/popular-middle-eastern-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Eastern foods<\/a> are some of the most delicious out there. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/all-about-shawarma-types-seasoning-marinades-and-sauces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawarma<\/a>, falafel, baklava, hummus, dolma, and b\u00f6rek are simply to die for and are now enjoyed worldwide.\r\n\r\nThe Middle East spans across three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa and its cuisine is as varied as its regional and cultural composition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/most-popular-turkish-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turkish foods<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/top-20-most-popular-syrian-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Syrian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/30-best-lebanese-foods-with-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanese dishes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/most-popular-persian-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Persian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/foods-of-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egyptian<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/most-popular-yemeni-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yemeni<\/a> can all be described as Middle Eastern.\r\n\r\nDid we mention that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/most-popular-middle-eastern-desserts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle Eastern desserts<\/a> are also to die for?","link":"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/middle-east-cuisine\/","name":"Middle East Cuisine","slug":"middle-east-cuisine","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Middle East Cuisine Archives - Chef&#039;s Pencil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chefspencil.com\/middle-east-cuisine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Middle East Cuisine Archives - Chef&#039;s Pencil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Middle Eastern foods are some of the most delicious out there. 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