Originating in Turkey during the 19th century, the word shawarma is an Arabic derivative of çevirme, the Turkish verb "to turn." The name refers to the meat's cooking method: stacked high on a ...

This method of preparing meat originated in Istanbul, in kebab form, traveled to the Levant, where it became known as shawarma (literally "to turn" in Arabic), then jumped the Atlantic with ...

its name translates to “very good” in Arabic. Although Soudani was raised in Woodland Hills, he trained in Amman, where he perfected his shawarma. The pop-up's signature chicken shawarma gets ...

At a Mezza Lebanese Kitchen restaurant, Tony Nahas demonstrates slicing from a spit of roasting chicken much as his father did — with a razor-sharp knife.

West Los Angeles’s West Edge, a mixed-use residential and retail destination, will be home to two exciting new restaurants in 2026: Shawarma pop ... percent” in Arabic, and is used as slang ...