The ingredients and flavors of Persian love cake, in pop tart form! (Rose, pistachio, cardamom, and lemon)

Light and custardy German apple pancake flavored with saffron and cinnamon (and ready in just 30 minutes)

It might be hard to wrap your head around what a date frittata might taste like, but once you try it, you’ll be an instant convert.

Pecan-filled baklawa, soaked in caramel sauce, topped with tempered chocolate.

In the oven, the feta softens and melts a little with the tomato, turning into delightfully spreadable pockets of cheese.

Manakish za’atar is a delicious Middle Eastern flatbread, which you can make from pizza dough.

A sweet way to start the new year: spinach salad with sweet grapes, tahini date dressing, almonds, and lots of other goodies.

Za’atar home fries, wilted spinach, yogurt tahini sauce, and sunny side up eggs

Brussels sprouts topped with pickled apples, roasted raisins, and yogurt tahini sauce. Lots of special little details, but they’re so easy!

These cornmeal fig ma’amoul cookies are flavored with a little rosemary, and absolutely perfect for Christmas. And they’re gluten free!

Crisp baklava sandwiched with walnuts and spices, and drenched in tea-infused sweetened condensed milk (the easiest baklava you’ll find)

I recently baked my first wedding cake, so I thought I’d put together a list of some tips and tricks I learned along the way.

Cardamom rose gingerbread cake with cream cheese glaze has an incredibly tender crumb and robust spiced ginger and rose flavor.

Churros rolled in cardamom and cinnamon sugar, and dipped in orange blossom chocolate sauce.

This fatteh is the perfect vegetarian Thanksgiving centerpiece (a bed of crispy pita, topped with autumn veggies and tahini yogurt)

These sage and cinnamon chelsea buns are the perfect thing to wake up to on a Saturday October morning.

Grilled radicchio fattoush is a lovely twist on a classic. The tangy dressing perfectly balances the wonderfully bitter radicchio.

Ras al asfour is a sweet and sour Iraqi stew with petit meatballs and potatoes. It’s so delicious and wonderfully comforting.

My great aunt shared her recipe for kleicha, or Iraqi yeast-risen cookies, stuffed with cardamom-scented walnuts.