In which Lebanese village was the world's largest hummus made?

The world’s largest hummus was made in the Lebanese village of al-Fanar.

The record-setting dish was prepared on 8 May 2010 by Chef Ramzi Choueiri and students from Al-Kafaat University, with hundreds of Lebanese cooks taking part. The finished serving weighed 10,452 kilograms—more than 10 metric tonnes—and was officially recognized by Guinness World Records.

The event was part of a highly publicized culinary rivalry involving Lebanon and Israel, with each side seeking the record for the largest serving of hummus. Lebanon’s al-Fanar achievement followed an earlier record made in Abu Ghosh and more than doubled that serving’s weight.

Hummus itself is a Levantine dip made primarily from cooked chickpeas and tahini, usually blended with lemon juice, garlic, and salt. Olive oil and garnishes such as paprika, parsley, or whole chickpeas are common. The record concerns the size of one prepared serving, not the invention or exclusive national ownership of hummus, whose history and cultural identity are shared across the region.