Cooking The Middle Eastern Way: Culturally Authentic Foods Including Low-Fat And Vegetarian Recipes

by Alison Behnke

Book by Behnke, Alison

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks

72 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Born in Rochester, Minnesota, Alison Behnke had the great fortune to live in Rome, Italy, for three years while in grade school. Not only did this introduce her to one of the world’s best and most beautiful cities, it provided her with a wealth of writing material. Even before her Roman holiday, however, Alison always knew that she wanted to be an author. Good teachers, avid reading, and a children's librarian for a mother all fed the fire. Alison went on to take a degree in English with a focus on Creative Writing, and at present count she has written more than forty books. Alison is also a book editor, as well as a photographer. She lives in Minneapolis, and when she's not reading, writing, or editing, she spends her time on pursuits including travel, film photography, listening to Morrissey, and drinking espresso.

Reviews

[Weatherly Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Less than 20 recipes including mezze, main dishes, and desserts.

[Lorrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short and sweet introductory book introducing people to middle eastern cooking. However, the book is a little too short to be covering such a broad range of ethnicities. I think there was maybe 25 recipes in the whole book, which means there were maybe 1-2 recipes from each of the countries represented under the 'middle eastern' designation.

Saying this, however, I did flag a half-dozen of the recipes to try.