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  • noun in the plural small portions of starters typical of Turkish and Greek cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pitta bread

Etymologies

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From Greek μεζές (mezés), from Turkish meze, from Persian مزه (maze, "taste, snack").

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  • Ashore, besides traipsing through long lines of shops selling local handicrafts and trinkets, tourists pack dozens of tavernas offering traditional Cypriot "meze" dishes -- seafood or meat plates with vegetables, Halloumi cheese, pita breads and olives on the side, typically washed down with a local spirit known as Zivania.

    Bob Schulman: Cyprus: Tales of Aphrodite Bob Schulman 2011

  • Ashore, besides traipsing through long lines of shops selling local handicrafts and trinkets, tourists pack dozens of tavernas offering traditional Cypriot "meze" dishes -- seafood or meat plates with vegetables, Halloumi cheese, pita breads and olives on the side, typically washed down with a local spirit known as Zivania.

    Bob Schulman: Cyprus: Tales of Aphrodite Bob Schulman 2011

  • The New Best Recipe instructs us that [i] n Middle Eastern countries, baba ghanoush is served as part of a meze platter .. which might feature salads, various dips, small pastries, meats, olives, other condiments, and, of course, bread.

    Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010

  • The New Best Recipe instructs us that [i] n Middle Eastern countries, baba ghanoush is served as part of a meze platter .. which might feature salads, various dips, small pastries, meats, olives, other condiments, and, of course, bread.

    Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010

  • Luckily, Istanbul lends itself to grazing, as lunches and dinners are often served meze style, on small plates brought out incrementally throughout a meal.

    Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS) Anne Peterson 2011

  • The New Best Recipe instructs us that [i] n Middle Eastern countries, baba ghanoush is served as part of a meze platter .. which might feature salads, various dips, small pastries, meats, olives, other condiments, and, of course, bread.

    Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010

  • The New Best Recipe instructs us that [i] n Middle Eastern countries, baba ghanoush is served as part of a meze platter .. which might feature salads, various dips, small pastries, meats, olives, other condiments, and, of course, bread.

    Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010

  • The New Best Recipe instructs us that [i] n Middle Eastern countries, baba ghanoush is served as part of a meze platter .. which might feature salads, various dips, small pastries, meats, olives, other condiments, and, of course, bread.

    Stefan Beck: Wrap Party: Freund's The Mummy and Baba Ghanoush Stefan Beck 2010

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