The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the various cuisines of the Middle East. Despite their similarities, there are considerable differences in climate and culture, so that the term is not particularly useful. Commonly used ingredients include pitas, honey, sesame seeds, sumac, chickpeas, mint and parsley.

The Middle Eastern cuisines include:

• Arab cuisine
• Armenian cuisine
• Assyrian cuisine
• Egyptian cuisine (Partly)
• Greek cuisine (Partly)
• Israeli cuisine
• Iraqi cuisine
• Iranian (Persian) cuisine (Partly)
• Jewish cuisine (Partly)
• Lebanese cuisine
• Palestinian cuisine
• Turkish cuisine
• Yemeni cuisine