Recipes, kitchen tricks and seasonal dishes from the L.A. Times’ Cooking team. If you want to take the endeavor a step further, we have a wonderful recipe for homemade pita breads that shows just how ...

A falafel pita is such a delicious nod to Middle Eastern culinary traditions. Think about it: soft, fluffy pita bread filled ...

Why are pitas so much better than regular bread? A wrap made on a pita feels far more fun and fancy than a sandwich, even with the same fillings. Pitas are actually one of the world’s oldest breads, ...

Where Gholam Farrokhpour grew up in the Middle East, folks bought their pita bread three times a day so that it would be fresh for each meal. He still believes in that philosophy. Farrokhpour, who ...