Excerpt: Mezze are the tapas of the Middle East. They’re normally an appetizer, but when my mother was too tired to cook — she ran a nursing school during the day — we just had it as our dinner. I love eating like this for dinner or lunch and even breakfast, having small portions of different food that you can share,” he says with a smile. “I love the variety and it is very social. It is even a verb in Jordan, where you’re going to ‘mezze’ instead of just eat.”