Feta

Magic happens when toasted garlic oil meets fragrant za’atar. But if you don’t have za’atar on hand, dried mint is equally delicious infused into hot oil.

Each component in this sweet potato sandwich recipe is seasoned really well, which makes everything pop.

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An appetizer you can have it ready within 10 minutes of walking in the door.

Eggs on toast with quick-pickled veg and marinated feta.

Eggs on toast? That's a thing of the past.

The key to maximizing creamy, crumbly, cheesy goodness.

Serve this salad as soon as it is assembled so all of the tomato juices and flavor stay where they belong.

You can replace some of the cilantro or parsley with other tender herbs—basil, dill, chives. Just make sure to include the tarragon; it gives the dip an anise-y, bittersweet punch.

You can make this salad with whatever produce you’d like (such as blanched fava beans and asparagus in the spring), it’s ridiculously versatile.

Prepare your pita chips.

Also known as kremmudokeftedes.

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We fell hard for the za’atar paste in this everyday frittata, which combines olive oil, lemon zest, and garlic.

Considered to be one of the thickest flatbreads in the world, the key to making barbari at home is to preheat a pizza stone in a very hot oven.

There’s no stock in this wintry vegetarian stew recipe—it relies on the starchy bean cooking liquid for its flavor (which is a polite way of saying sorry, but you can’t use canned beans here and get the same results).

This is a remarkable quiche recipe for a few reasons: The dough is intentionally generous so that it can be formed into tall walls all around, and the filling is jam-packed full of healthy greens. They balance out the butter and cream, right?

When overlapping the phyllo over the filling in this recipe, work carefully but quickly so the phyllo doesn’t dry out before baking.

High-five your future self for thinking ahead now.

You haven't lived till you've marinated your cheese.

Try this with white beans on toast, in salads, or puréed and spread on pita.

Also known as the “cooked to hell” method, this braise renders the greens meltingly tender.

If you’ve given up on stovetop rice methods, you’ll love this hands-off oven technique.

We stole your nonna’s ziti and took it on a self-discovery tour of Middle-Eastern flavors. Sorry—it doesn’t want to come home.