The Lebanese Kitchen Hardcover – 22 Oct. 2012

As an ex ex pat I developed a love of arabic food while working in the middle east. I have a number of middle eastern cookery books and this definately is one of the best that I have. As well as the book being beautiful to look at, the recipes are comprehensive and the results accurate.before purchasing this I was in a large bookstore browsing the cookery books and I sat and looked through a number of books in detail to ensure that I was getting something that met my needs rather than hoping for the best with an online purchase. Out of all of the books that I looked at this one ticked all of the boxed. The recipes are concise, clear and while some of the herbs and spices are certainly middle eastern, with the abundance of "ethnic" shops and the online availability there is really no need to be unable to get the correct ingredients.Since purchasing the book last week I have already made 15 recipes and each and every one of them has turned out exactly as expected. Please note that there isn't an illustration for every recipe but you really don't need it.. An expensive book but worth it

I believe this book can be ranked alongside - perhaps higher than? - Robert Carrier's "Great Dishes of the World", my bible from some 50 years back.Carrier opened English eyes to the wonderful cuisines beyond English shores.Salma Hage, who has similar professional and personal cooking experience, is doing the same in reverse; she brings the Lebanese cuisine to the world, in a classically easy-to-follow way. This is significant because Lebanese food - as per these recipes - is much healthier than Western food. In particular, it uses far less cooking fat, and far less animal protein. The recipes are delicious.The book itself is beautiful, including the photographs.For the above reasons, I give it five stars.As other reviewers have noted - K Ofiesh Aug 29 2013, E L Wisty Nov 9 2012 -, there do seem to be shortcomings in the editing and proof-reading, but one can deal with this, as I do, by reading the recipe carefully beforehand and adjusting actions as needed. Phaidon needs to improve its act for the next edition.

I received this book as a Christmas present and absolutely love it. The photographs are enticing and the recipes mouth-watering. It's one of those cook books that you can just sit and read and become inspired.So far I have only made a couple of the dishes - lamb shank and olive casserole, and fig tart with almonds - but they were both delicious and the recipes were easy to follow. There are some ingredients in the book that I haven't come across before, for example Za'tar, which I've still got to source, but I'm planning on adding more Lebanese-inspired food to our diet - it'll make a change from spaghetti bolognese and curries and the meals are no more difficult to make. A great book.

This book as the description says is a definitive book of Lebanese food, it has most of the recipes and their variations. A lot of the recipes are not what you maybe familiar with if you go to a Lebanese restaurant these days. My Mother who is Lebanese said that this lady cooks in the traditional way and so these are actually the authentic Lebanese recipes. I personally had difficulty following some of the recipes and I’m not sure if it’s because of the translation or their general complexity. I also found a lot of the Lebanese recipes to be a little bland in flavour. However a lot of the non-Lebanese recipes in this book are extremely tasty and a unique take on well known recipes from other countries/ cultures and this is what I particularly love about the book. It also has very pretty pictures and it’s in good view in my kitchen so everyone knows they are in a Lebanese Kitchen.

This book is full of lamb. Shoulder of lamb, ground lamb, leg of lamb, lamb kebab, lamb upwards, lamb downwards, lamb sideways!When I first received this book that put me off a little and it went on the shelf for a little while. I'm not such a big lamb eater myself, not hating it, mind, just - ALL the time?! But then summer came, and it was HOT, so what better place to look for recipe ideas than a mediterranean cookbook? So I did and I'm glad of it, too, as I discovered many very good recipes, especially for lamb! No, I'm kidding, for veg, actually. My favourite recipe in this book is a dish where tomato halves are baked in pepper halves and then filled with a lime-spked rice. I stuck faithfully to the recipe (not knowing what it was meant to taste like I didn't do my usual "Let's take this as a suggestion") and ended up with a really tasty dish that I have taken into my regular summer cuisine.I also tried other recipes and always ended up with good food on the table. So.... what more could you ask for?

Good service, quick and efficient and the item was as described - top seller!!

What do you want from a cookbook?For me the recipes need to be doable but more interesting than my everyday cooking. The Lebanese Kitchen gives this and much more. The recipes are clearly explained and use a limited number of ingredients so are not intimidating, but introduce a new way of cooking, particularly in the use of spices, which will influence my cooking beyond the recipes in this book.The book itself is beautifully produced and gives a real sense of everyday cooking in the Lebanon.

This a brilliant book with some fantastic recipes. Phaidon, as ever, keep the quality of the physical product very high, with interesting details to the page edges and high quality photography and printing.Delicious recipes for fans of middle eastern food or for people who want inspiration and introductions to new techniques and ingredients. Lots of these recipes are very easy and come out tasting brilliant. Make lots of small dishes, get some friends over and show off a wonderful mezze-style meal to them.

This cookbook is full of incredible recipes! It quickly became a family favorite and educated me in cooking this type of cuisine.

schönes Kochbuch mit sehr leckeren Rezepten, Rezepe für libanesische Gewürzmischungen sind mit anegeben, die ebenfalls sehr lecker sind. Buch sehr zu empfehlen, wenn man diese Küche mag.

Magnifique livre très épais et qui vous inspirera certainement so bad that there was no French version available but apparently it will be printed again shortly un livre à avoir bientot ré disponible en français (réimpression en cours)

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The book is in english and is plentiful of nice lebanese cooking recipes most of them traditional, and all of them keeping the real method and ingredients.