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Lebanese Cuisine: More Than 200 Simple, Delicious, Authentic Recipes

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Farah spent hours in the kitchen watching her mother cook; she's recreated her mother's recipes in Lebanese Cuisine, which was originally self-published and but now appears in an updated edition for new generations. More than 200 recipes, sans photos, for dishes from Zucchini Stew to Meat Rolls Supreme.

I used this book years ago and copied out the recipes then I lost them. I am so happy. I finally found this again. Absolutely the best results from the recipes and I'm not a really good cook. I am very familiar with the traditional Lebanese cooking, having worked in a Lebanese restaurant for years. This is the best I've used and I've tried many Middle Eastern cookbooks.

Originally recommended to me by my (ex-)brother-in-law, who was Lebanese, this book is the best cookbook for Lebanese cuisine. I have given copies of this book to many friends, and now that a new edition is available, I'll buy more copies for myself and others.

The recipes for Baked Kibbi (Kibbi bis-Sayniyyi) and Baqlawa are among my favorites (I prefer the rose water approach to Baqlawa to the cinnamon most commonly found in such recipes).

The author also presents the recipes with their Arabic names, as well as pronunciation rules, for more authenticity.