Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East & North Africa

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Summary: simple, delicious, wonderful
Review: Bought this book on a whim for my vegetarian husband for a birthday gift. Turns out that every dish is absolutley delicious. We have tried many recipies in the book and have been very happy with the simplicity and results. We highly recommend the purchase of this book if you are interested in middle eastern and/or vegetarian cooking.

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Summary: this book covers a wide range
Review: i enjoy the fact that this book covers wide variety of tastes&Cultures throughout the world&has many great&exciting things for me too eat.I enjoy trying different Vegetarian foods&this Books adds another direction of choices.

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Summary: a good introductory book for middle eastern cuisine
Review: I like to experiment with different cuisines and felt ready to expand my middle-eastern repetoire beyond falafels, hummus, and pitas. This books certainly does that. There is a good selection of dishes from different countries and the introductory section on techniques (inclusing how to make yogurt and yogurt cheese) is good. I did find it a little repetitive,in the sense, that I *already* knew how to do those things. As an intermediate level cook most of the recipes are also a bit too easy..

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Summary: The Various Veggies.....
Review: This is a wonderful book not only for the recipes but for the insights in to the part food plays in the everyday lives and culture of the people of the Middle East and North Africa. Salloum gives a brief history of most of the dishes and places them in geographical and cultural context. I enjoyed reading it as much for the delicious food as the explainations. My only criticism would be that there are no pictures in the book so a novice cook like myself has little idea of how to serve the recipes. A minor quibble... it is a lovely book and has delicious, tasty recipes.