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WINNER GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD 2007 This practical and comprehensive cookbook opens up a world of delightful dishes and provides numerous, inspiring ideas for healthy eating. Monique Bassila Zaarour brings three great gifts to her Lebanese Kitchen: from her Lebanese heritage, an intimate knowledge of one of the world’s great cuisines; from her training as a nutritionist, scientific understanding of the health benefits of food; and from her life as a working… More >>
The Lebanese Kitchen: Quick & Healthy Recipes
March 8th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This is the best cookbook I’ve seen so far in Lebanon. Know how I know? My mother, the best Lebanese cook this side of the Atlantic who believe not in the books of Arab cuisine, took my so I had to buy another copy for me! Believe me, this is the ultimate form of approval! Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
This is a visually beautiful cookbook – a recipe per page, which I like. The recipes are excellent and are very similar to what the family of my husband (Lebanon), he said. However, we were surprised to see not a lamb, which is very popular in Lebanese cuisine. Rating: 4 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
“The Lebanese Kitchen: Quick & Healthy Recipes” showcases recipes from the culinary heritage of the writer Lebanese food, nutritionist, and healthy eating expert Monique Bassila Zaarour. Enhanced with color photographs of each finished dish, the mouth-watering, palate, pleasant, healthy body, instructive recipes range from toasted pine nuts, potato and egg salad, moussaka, baked artichokes and zucchini stuffed with meat pies , chicken and coriander; Moughrabieh (pasta shaped like a chicken pea) and fish fillet in the oven. “The cuisine of Lebanon is particularly suitable for the book collections of ethnic cuisine, in particular, and would be a welcome and much appreciated by more than personal, family, and community library collections Cookbook. Rating: 5 / 5