Editing Tabbouleh (section)

==History==
Originally from the mountains of [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]],<ref>{{Cite book |first=Corby |last=Kummer |chapter=Tabbouleh |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptZgNoobsyUC&pg=PA172 |title=1,001 Foods to Die For |publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7407-7043-2 |page=172}}</ref> tabbouleh has become one of the most popular salads in the [[Middle Eastern cuisine|Middle East]].{{sfn|Basan|2006|p=180-181}} The [[wheat]] variety ''salamouni''{{which lang|date=August 2024}} cultivated in the [[Beqaa Valley]] region in Lebanon, was considered (in the mid-19th century) as particularly well-suited for making bulgur, a basic ingredient of tabbouleh.{{sfn|Nabhan|2008|pp=77-78}} In Lebanon, the Lebanese National Tabbouleh Day is a yearly festivity day dedicated to Tabbouleh. {{as of|since=yes|2001}}, it is celebrated the first Saturday of the month of July.{{sfn|Yazbeck|2008|pp=266-267}}