The food editors are longtime fans of Middle Eastern cooking, whether they're developing recipes for a pita-and-meze party or following Martha's foray into the Arabian Gulf. But the great thing about ...

Not every travelogue cookbook comes with cheery Instagram pictures touting “Look at what a lovely time I’m having! Don’t you wish you could be here with me?” While Yasmin Khan aimed to make her newest ...

Yasmin Khan recalls a family vacation on the western coast of Turkey that, in her words, “will stay engraved on my heart forever.” The sunny days of swimming in turquoise seawater and feasting on ...

Yasmin Khan on recipes that have travelled across the Eastern Mediterranean. Plus: Israeli chef Elior Balbul’s new restaurant in London. We speak to the author of a new book, ‘Ripe Figs’, about the ...

Khan’s food writing is more than just recipes. We speak to her about the stakes of a good meal in the moments you feel you have little else. Author Yasmin Khan on food, the Mediterranean, and the ...

On a cool autumn night in Ramallah, a full moon hung in the sky, chickens strutted around the yard, and Yasmin Khan huddled under a blanket. She watched as a colorful array of simple mezze, prepared ...

I first fell in love with za’atar’s zesty charm when visiting the West Bank more than a decade ago, where I enjoyed it on a daily basis, either sprinkled over bowls of silky hummus, or used as a ...

In conducting research for her new cookbook, Yasmin Khan visited refugee camps on Lesvos, a Grecian island in the Aegean Sea. Roughly 6 miles from Turkey’s shore, the island has been ground zero for ...

On the Greek island of Lesvos, refugees from the nearby Moria camp gathered in a fish restaurant for lunch. The owners had converted the restaurant to a nonprofit dedicated to feeding refugees from ...