The Complete Middle East Cookbook

This regional Middle East cookbook was first published in 1979 and has had numerous reprintings. My version was a 2002 reprint. The Complete Middle East Cookbook has just about everything you want to know about Middle Eastern cooking with photographs and illustrations throughout. Tess Mallos does a great job of describing the recipes, and divides the cooking by region: Greece; Cyprus; Turkey; Armenia; Syria, Lebanon, Jordan; Iraq; The Gulf States; Yemen; Egypt; Iran; and Afghanistan.

The glossary at the back of the book was helpful with some of the different terms, such as bakaliaros (dried salt cod) and kefalotiri (a hard, grating cheese). I have a few Middle Eastern cookbooks, and I love this one for its broad range of menu items and rich procedures.

Book Information:

• The Complete Middle East Cookbook; by Tess Mallos
• SFF Brooklyn; 2002
• ISBN: 1863020705
• Hardcover, 374 pages

Enjoy,
Renee Shelton
The Cookbook Papers
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