Recipes

Although this recipe is basic to Ethiopian cooking, it tastes wonderful on many things: steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, steamed rice, and can be used to add extra flavor to many...

This carrot and cumin soup recipe, based on a traditional Middle Eastern soup, has become a favorite with everyone who tastes it. It's also unbelievably healthy (almost no fat) and...

This Middle-Eastern version of pesto is quick to whip up.

This recipe is so simple and tasty, you'll make it all the time! I do. It's much healthier than potato chips or tortilla chips, and it goes great with any...

Quick and Delicious Appetizer. Great for that last minute dish to take to a party, or when guests pop by. My first sampling of Spice House spices was eating this...

This recipe was featured in "Bon Appétit", January 2005 issue. They reference The Spice House for the ingredient Ras El Hanout. *Ras El Hanout is a Moroccan style curry blend....

I created this recipe while trying to copy the soup I love at an area restaurant, which was a little too far away to visit frequently. It's not exactly like...

Impressing your guests with cooked rice doesn't get any easier than this aromatic rice recipe.

This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jill Norman's fabulous spice book, "Herbs and Spices: The Cook's Reference." It's the best book on spices and herbs we've seen yet, and...

Nepal is a landlocked country. Villagers frequently have no electricity or indoor plumbing, so they are very ingenious in devising simple yet delicious dishes that will keep without refrigeration. This...

I learned this in Nepal; instead of chicken soup (chicken is expensive), they make turmeric soup. It is just as good for a cold.

This recipe is the Jordanian national dish. It was given to me by a Masters degree student, currently studying in Australia. I've made it for several Middle Eastern folks who...

I was served this wonderful rice at a thank-you dinner served by an Armenian family. I was in a choral group at the time, and the daughter of the family...

I, unknowingly, served this to a friend who doesn't like lamb, and she loved it. It is my favorite lamb recipe. Sometimes I just make the yogurt dip alone and...

My brother is the best cook in the family, and used to travel on business. After his supply of Za'atar (he got on his travels) ran out, I found this...