The Lebanese Kitchen by Salma Hage

The Lebanese Kitchen by Salma Hage

Lebanese Home Cooking is the definitive guide to traditional home cooking from Lebanon. With more than 500 recipes for meze, soups, fish, meat and vegetables, desserts, cakes, cookies, preserves and drinks, it covers the entire range of Lebanese food, which is widely regarded as the most refined of all the Middle Eastern cuisines.

"A new Phaidon cookery book is something to celebrate and this one is an absolute masterpiece.. Will send the taste buds on a far away adventure. Produced to an incredibly high standard, this is another must have for all cookery book addicts."—Haverhill Echo

"If you have room on your bookshelf for only one Lebanese cookbook, this is a strong contender. Aiming to be the definitive guide to Lebanese cooking, The Lebanese Kitchen includes hundreds of fresh, flavorful recipes from across the Middle Eastern country. Throughout, you'll find hallmarks of Lebanese cuisine like fresh produce and herbs, savory spices, whole grains, olive oil, nuts and seeds, pomegranate, orange, and rose."—thekitchn.com

"Extraordinary... Sensational rural Lebanese cooking."—The Times

"Uncompromising in its fidelity to the way things are done in The Lebanese Kitchen... You can't fault the comprehensiveness of this book."—Evening Standard

"A survey of a fascinating and nourishing food culture... In the tradition of publisher Phaidon's in-depth books on national food... Looks beautiful with a great range."—Metro

"500 straightforward recipes covering every aspect of her native cuisine."—Publishers Weekly

"Hage's food is solid and satisfying."—The Washington Post

"...Will warm your heart and your stomach."—Time.com

Salma Hage (b.1942), a Lebanese housewife from Mazarat Tiffah (Apple Hamlet) in the mountains of the Qadisha Valley in north Lebanon, has over 50 years experience of family cooking. She learnt to cook from her mother, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, and, having helped bring up her nine brothers and two sisters, would often cook for the whole family. She has also spent many years working as a cook.

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ISBN 13	9780714864808
ISBN 10	0714864803
Title	The Lebanese Kitchen
Author	Salma Hage
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Phaidon Press Ltd
Year published	2012-10-22
Number of pages	512
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