By: Khelil Bouarrouj / Arab America Contributing Writer When I first picked up Salma Hage’s The Levantine Vegetarian, I wondered if we really needed another Middle Eastern cookbook. After all, its publisher, Phaidon, has released several in recent years, including The Arabesque Table, The Palestinian Table, The North African Cookbook, and Middle Eastern Sweets—the latter … Continued
By: Alison Norquist / Contributing Writer In this 142-page cookbook by Nehal Leheta, the core of Egyptian cuisine is made accessible to readers with not just recipes but also advice on where to find specialty ingredients, swaps for them, and beautiful color photos of almost every dish. About Abou El Sid Named after the legendary … Continued
By: Menal Elmaliki / Arab America Contributing Writer “The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.” Fernand Braudel ‘Kitab al-Tabikh’ ‘Kitab al Tabikh’ is an old recipe book dating back to the early Middle Ages or dark ages. It was written in the 10th century on the “Cuisine of the Caliph of Baghdad,” and … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: HALA KHALAF Alexandra von Hahn has always been fascinated by food. Not just cooking it, and certainly not just eating it, but mostly what it says about society, and where the traditions that surround cuisine stem from. Von Hahn hosted free workshops on the food of the UAE for interested residents, … Continued
SOURCE: CNN BY: LYRIC LEWIN (CNN) — Reem Kassis didn’t set out to be an author. Or a chef for that matter. In fact she made it a point to stay as far away from the kitchen as possible. But a desire to preserve her Palestinian heritage for her daughters led her towards her destiny … Continued
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