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Alphabetical list of recipes from Arabia and the Levant follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 64 recipes in total:
| Arabic Aseeda Origin: Arabic | Jerusalem Kugel Origin: Jewish | Quamar-el-Deen Dessert (Dried Apricot Leather Dessert) Origin: Bahrain |
| Assabeh Tamr (Date Fingers) Origin: Arabic | Ka'ak Biscuits Origin: Lebanese | Roz Bi Haleeb (Arab Rice Pudding with Mastic) Origin: Arabic |
| Baba Ghanoush Origin: Middle East | Kadee Origin: Middle East | Samboosak Origin: Arabic |
| Bagels Origin: Jewish | Khoubz Araby (Arabic Flatbread) Origin: Syria | Saudi Baharat Origin: Saudi Arabia |
| Batingan bi Jibn (Baked Aubergines with Cheese) Origin: Arabic | Khubz'arabi (Pita Bread) Origin: Arabic | Sayadieh Samak (Baked Fish with Rice) Origin: Saudi Arabia |
| Beid bi Lamoun (Egg and Lemon Soup) Origin: Middle East | Koozy (Leg of Lamb) Origin: Middle East | Shish Tawuq (Chicken Kebab with Bharat Spices) Origin: Syria |
| Blintzes Origin: Jewish | Lahm bi Agine Mankoushe (Lebanese Lamb Pizza) Origin: Lebanon | Shourabit Silq bi Laban (Chard and Yoghurt Soup) Origin: Lebanon |
| Blintzes with Cream Cheese and Cinnamon Origin: Jewish | Lamoun Makbouss (Samboosak) Origin: Middle East | Spinach Blintzes Origin: Jewish |
| Boharat Origin: Middle East | Lebanese Lamb and Pine Nut Pizza Origin: Lebanon | Spinach Fatayer Origin: Lebanon |
| Challah Origin: Jewish | Lebanese Pizza Sauce Origin: Lebanon | Sweet Cicely and Wild Thyme Crusted Labnah Origin: Lebanon |
| Challah French Toast Origin: Jewish | Mandelbroit Origin: Jewish | Syrian Baharat Origin: Syria |
| Cocoa Nib and Currant Rugleach Origin: Jewish | Mankoushe (Lebanese Pizza Dough) Origin: Lebanon | Tabbouleh Origin: Lebanese |
| Dajaaj al Riz (Syrian Roast Chicken with Rice) Origin: Syria | Matzo Meal Biscuits Origin: Jewish | Tahinat el Beid (Tahini with Eggs) Origin: Lebanon |
| Falafel Origin: Middle East | Middle Eastern Rice Origin: Middle East | Tajine Msir Zeetoon (Chicken with Lemon and Olives) Origin: Middle East |
| Fasooleyah Khodra bi Zeit (Saudi Green Bean Salad) Origin: Saudi Arabia | Muhammara (Hot Pepper Dip) Origin: Lebanon | Tishreeb Hummus (Chickpea Casserole) Origin: Middle East |
| Fattoush Origin: Middle East | Musakhkhan (Baked Chicken and Onions With Sumac) Origin: Palestinian | Zaatar Origin: Lebanon |
| Garlic, Thyme and Lemon Pitta Bread Origin: Middle East | Mushroom Cheese Blintzes Origin: Jewish | Zaatar Mankoushe (Lebanese Zaatar Pizza) Origin: Lebanon |
| Gebne Mankoushe (Lebanese Cheese Pizza) Origin: Lebanon | Palestinian Cardamom Coffee Origin: Palestinian | Zahtar Origin: Jordan |
| Halva Origin: Lebanon | Pilaf-Stuffed Onions Origin: Middle East | Zahtar-spiced Barbecued Mutton Origin: Jordan |
| Harees Origin: United Arab Emirates | Pitta Bread Origin: Middle East | Zhoug Origin: Yemen |
| Hummus bi Tahina (Hummus with Tahini) Origin: Arabic | Prune-stuffed Chicken Origin: Israel | |
| Ijjah Bil Tawabel (Seasoned Savoury Cakes) Origin: Arabic | Quamar-el-Deen (Dried Apricot Leather) Origin: Middle East |
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