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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia invited three feuding Arab leaders to a reconciliation lunch this week. The rulers of Syria, Qatar and Egypt, in Kuwait for an economic summit, turned up at King Abdullah's residence in Kuwait City for some Saudi hospitality. But it will take more than meze and grilled lamb to heal the gaping divisions in the Arab world. "If these breaches are so easy to solve by having lunch, then they should be having breakfast, lunch and dinner," said Rami Khouri, director of the Issam Fares Center of Lebanon at the American University of Beirut...
...Aureole is doing an early seating with a prix fixe starting at $95 per person; San Francisco's Andalu has a three-course menu for $49; the dinner at Catch in L.A. includes dancing and a balloon drop at midnight for $170; and Zaytina in Washington, D.C., has unlimited meze and a DJ for $100. (See 10 things to do in Washington...
...TONY ALBERT, 27, artist After dinner at Kafe Meze, tel: (61-7) 3844 1720, I'd go to the Lychee Lounge, tel: (61-7) 3846 0544. It's a dimly lit, moody place. After that, I might go nearby to the Rumpus Room, tel: (61-7) 3846 1323, which is a great place to just chill out. Occasionally late at night I'll go to one of the nightclubs in Fortitude Valley - probably to Family, tel: (61-7) 3852 5000, which is a very high-energy nightclub on McLachlan Street...
...coreligionists, Muslim Indonesians and Moroccans share many cultural similarities, but it's a rather different story when it comes to food. For years, Indonesians have been turning up their noses at the aromatic joys of meze, kebabs and tagine, but the recent opening of three Moroccan restaurants in the capital Jakarta indicate change is underway...
Starting from a base in California, the graze craze is spreading across the country. Inspired by tapas, Middle Eastern mezes and East Asian small dishes, chefs are offering diners a greater variety of flavors on a multitude of mini-dishes, usually for less money than traditional-size portions and without a load of calories. Several cookbooks have recently been published that focus on the trend, including Meze: Small Plates to Savor and Share from the Mediterranean Kitchen (Morrow) by Diane Kochilas. The extravagant multi-tiered creations of the NASDAQ-fueled '90s have faded. Now the emphasis is on taste, according...