Pita Bread

The most widely consumed bread in the Middle East is this classic pita, or flatbread, referred to in Arabic simply as khubz, meaning “bread.” It is a bread with very little leavening that puffs up spectacularly, like an odd-looking balloon, after a few minutes in a hot oven. Throughout the Middle East, pita is served with meals whole, or cut or broken into wedges for dipping into local dishes, such as baba ghanoush or hummus. Sometimes the pocket breads are stuffed with meats, falafe