The word kebab was passed on from the Akkadian language to the Sumerian and Arabic before being adopted into Turkish. It stems from the verbs for grilling or burning. The word “şiş/shish ...

For more than six years, Shish Kabob Grill, a block from the State Capitol and a million miles from Lebanon, has been a popular Mideast feast house for falafel and fattouch, baba ghanouj and beef ...