Alice's Kitchen: My Grandmother Dalal & Mother Alice's Traditional Lebanese Cooking

by Linda Dalal Sawaya

This very popular book which has been out of print a fes years, is now newly revised and expanded and available! It is bigger, has 40 more pages with additional new recipes, and lots more photos. Alice's Kitchen is authentic Lebanese home cooking at its best! An immigrant family cookbook, with more than 140 original recipes, from how to pick and cure olives to how to bake pocket bread. Here are generations of recipes passed down from mother to daughter in the mountain village of Douma, overlooking the Mediterranean, brought to America by Grandmother Dalal and Mother Alice, and then passed on to Linda. In Alice's Kitchen, Linda presents their recipes, along with family stories, as a culinary gift to you of Lebanese cuisine-one of the healthiest on the planet. Traditional, home style Lebanese recipes that include quick, familiar vegetarian favorites such as hommous, tabbouli, baba gannouj and many other fantastic and authentic salads, rice, and vegetable entrees. Learn to create Lebanese ice cream and pastries, such as heavenly, light baklawe, where one piece is never enough. Tantalizing, traditional lamb and rice dishes keep company with rolled grape leaves, soups, and appetizers in this expansive collection. Sawaya provides excellent recipes seasoned with a generous amount of memoir and much love.

Genres: Cookbooks

248 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Portlander Linda Sawaya's wonderful book captures the recipes of her Lebanese family, along with lovely short stories, art by Linda, and family photos. I've made many of the recipes over and over. One of my favorite foods (the other is calamari) is tabouli, and Linda's recipe is one of my favorites. It's become a point of departure for experimentation.

[Maureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on Lebanese cooking.