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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">MES Forum members, you may be starting to plant seeds in your garden, or picturing yourself at the farmers market now that we’ve had a taste of Spring. Our latest Seeds of Middle Eastern Culture
<span style="color:#C00000"><a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/events/foodways-working-session-2"><span style="color:#C00000">working session on February 28<sup>th</sup></span></a>
</span>brought out the need for recipes and other resources to help translate vegetables and herbs into food, and at the same time across cultures.
</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">This “</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/2dcc40ec3cf1/middle-east-studies-center-update-oct-5842291"><span style="color:#C00000">Flavor
Profiles</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">” resource links specific crops with foundational flavors in Middle Eastern cooking.
</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">If you are looking for recipes, history, and stories to engage people with Middle Eastern foodways, we have curated a rich array of such resources highlighting West Asian cultures such as the following:</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2""><a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/cucumber" target="__blank"><span style="color:#C00000">mesc.osu.edu/cucumber</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#C00000;line-height:160%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FFFFFE">
<span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2""><a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/lemon" target="__blank"><span style="color:#C00000">mesc.osu.edu/lemon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#C00000;line-height:160%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#FFFFFE">
<span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2""><a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/thyme" target="__blank"><span style="color:#C00000">mesc.osu.edu/thyme</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">You will find more resources at
</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000"><a href="https://go.osu.edu/Mideast-food" target="__blank"><span style="color:#C00000">go.osu.edu/Mideast-food</span></a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">as well. I’m also really excited about this new book:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2"">Sanchez-Summerer, K., & Sharkey, H. J. (Eds.). (2025).
<i>Commensality and Cultural Heritage: Bringing the Foodways of the Middle East and Its Diasporas to the Table</i>. University of Groningen Press.
<a href="https://doi.org/10.21827/6883292eb0d00">https://doi.org/10.21827/6883292eb0d00</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">Pdf of the book:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">
</span><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#C00000"><a href="https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/1400369195/Commensality_and_Cultural_Heritage.pdf"><span style="color:#C00000">https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/1400369195/Commensality_and_Cultural_Heritage.pdf</span></a>
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<p style="line-height:160%;background:#FFFFFE"><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">Enjoy! And have a great Spring Break.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:160%;background:#FFFFFE"><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:160%;background:#FFFFFE"><span style="font-family:"Buckeye Sans 2";color:#1B1B18">Melinda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Middle East Studies Center<br>
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<span style="background:white">614-292-6506 Office / 614-974-4331 Mobile</span><br>
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