The Middle Eastern Cookbook

Middle Eastern food draws on the exotic taste of various styles of cooking and combines them in a blend of unusual yet simple tastes for mouthwatering dishes. Middle Eastern food is easy to prepare, wonderful to look at and offers an amazing variety of healthy dishes, making it the ideal cooking style for the health-conscious. In 'Middle Eastern Cookbook', you will discover the rich, aromatic flavours of countries where food is an intrinsic part of the culture and the sharing of meals with family and guests is a feature of daily life. From Tabouleh and Dolmas to Chicken Salona and Baklava, Middle Eastern cooking is a delicious collection of wonderful tastes, colours and rich textures. Maria Khalife has gathered together a collection of the best of Middle Eastern cooking. The recipes are easy to follow, use ingredients that are readily available and are accompanied by colourful and succulent photographs.

Known as the Oprah of the Mideast, Maria Khalife is an acclaimed celebrity chef and television personality in Lebanon and other Arab countries. She is the founder and owner of Soufra Daimeh Food Network, the first food channel in the Arab world. Maria also started the first private cookery school in Lebanon, offering a variety of local and international cookery courses taught by talented chefs and cookbook authors. Maria is an instructor at the Notre Dame University in the Graduate Hotel Management School.