http://www.socialappetizers.com/Appetizer-recipes-blog.html This Social Appetizers Blog keeps you up-to-date with all the additions and changes to the socialappetizers.com Web site. Subscribe here. en-us Appetizer recipes Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:26 GMT Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:26 GMT socialappetizers.com http://www.socialappetizers.com/recipe-for-fried-eggplant.html This delicious recipe for fried eggplant is common in Middle Eastern countries. Eggplant, often called "the poor man's meat" or "the poor man's caviar," is one of the staple foods of the Arab world. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:06:26 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/chickpea-recipes-appetizer-02.html This delicious recipe is one of the very simple chickpea recipes that are quite common in the Middle Eastern diet. Try it when you have limited food items in the house and want to cook on the fly. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:16:20 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/meatball-appetizers-02.html These popular, low-carb meatball appetizers are a Levantine Arab dish made of burghul wheat and chopped meat. A popular variety is torpedo-shaped fried meatballs stuffed with minced beef or lamb. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:56:44 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/meatball-appetizers-01.html These meatball appetizers make great meat patties with halloumi cheese filling. They are well known in the Mediterranean, especially in the Middle East. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:50:35 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/hummus-recipes-appetizer.html Hummus recipes make a dip or spread, called Hummus, that is a popular delicacy in traditional Middle Eastern meal. Hummus is the Arabic word for chickpea which is widely known as Garbanzo bean. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:30:02 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/chickpea-recipes-appetizer.html Chickpea recipes, like this fried chickpeas, make up one of the staples of Middle Eastern and Arab diets. This is a quick and easy appetizer to make if you are craving chickpeas or legumes. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:50:22 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/falafel-recipe-appetizer.html Certain food products become symbol on national identity. Falafel recipe is one such recipe that has straddled between national identities, sometimes fraught with conflicts. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:37:51 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/tahini-recipe-appetizer-01.html Tahini is to Middle Easterners what peanut butter is to Americans. The paste used in this tahini recipe is made from sesame seeds, which date back to at least 5000 years. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:25:49 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/eggplant-dip-recipe.html There's a legend that this classic Arab eggplant dip recipe got its name because, loosely translated, it means "the Iman wept." It is similar to hummus, but is made with eggplant instead of chickpeas. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:21:01 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/mexican-food-history.html Mexican food history is incomplete without the mention of beans. Beans became so associated with Mexican traditions, that the term "beaner", from bean eater, alludes to Mexicans beloved frijolis. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:29:59 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/history-of-corn-02.html History of corn in Native culture is deep. They revered corn over anything else on Earth and considered it so sacred that when they saw the Europeans feed it to the horses, they were appalled. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:09:47 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/history-of-corn.html History of corn is an intriguing tale of its migration, the slave trade, and the beginning of the "Butterfly people". Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:08:10 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/history-of-traditional-mexican-food.html History of traditional Mexican food and appetizer recipes dates back to the times of indigenous native American communities in Mexico, including the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Toltecs, amongst many. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:49:33 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/islamic-food-history.html History of Islamic food recipes is well preserved because writing recipes was a passion amongst the Muslims. It is fascinating to look at works and writers who serve as the source of this history. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:46:30 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/muslim-food-history-02.html Muslim food in the 13th century reflected the Muslim empire which ran from Baghdad in the east to Cordoba to the West. These traditions brought their influences to culinary exchange in Muslim empire. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:44:49 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/arab-food-history.html Early Arab food traditions reflects the geography of its region. With desserts, seas, nomadic and city lifestyles, early Arab food history is also a glimpse of diversity in early days of Islam. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:13:47 GMT http://www.socialappetizers.com/muslim-food-history.html Muslim food history is full of fascinating stories and myriad cultural traditions. There are more cookbooks in Arabic from before 1400 than in the rest of the worlds languages together. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:22:45 GMT