The most popular food to emerge from the Mediterranean and Middle East regions is Hummus - an exotic blend of pureed chickpeas, lemon, sesame tahini, oil, and spices with added flavors such as roasted garlic, roasted red peppers, scallion and dill.
Hummus (pronounced Hum-es) is traditionally used as a dip with Pita bread, crackers or fresh cut veggies.
It's absolutely delicious, but it must be home made to be really good...