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mazza
Sign in to saveMeze ( ; also spelled mezze or mezé) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Eastern Mediterranean cuisines. It is similar to Spanish tapas and Italian stuzzichini. A meze may be served as a part of a multi-course meal or form a meal in itself. Meze are often served with spirits such as arak, rakia, raki, oghi, ouzo, or grappa at meyhane and ouzeri.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Meze
- Food.image
- 250px|A large plate of Jordanian mezze in [[Petra, Jordan.]]
- Food.caption
- A large meze platter in Petra, Jordan
- Food.alternate_name
- Mezze
- Food.variations
- Numerous
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- food
- Subclass of
- finger food
- Part of
- Balkan cuisine
- Named after
- taste
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- Image
- Meze.jpg
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- native label
- мезe
- Commons category
- Meze
- topic's main category
- Category:Meze
- Commons gallery
- Meze
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Common dishes
- In [[regional cuisine]]s
- The Levant
- Turkey
- The Balkans
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Meze ( ; also spelled mezze or mezé) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Eastern Mediterranean cuisines. It is similar to Spanish tapas and Italian stuzzichini. A meze may be served as a part of a multi-course meal or form a meal in itself. Meze are often served with spirits such as arak, rakia, raki, oghi, ouzo, or grappa at meyhane and ouzeri.
==Etymology==
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