PHAIDON The middle eastern vegetarian cookbook

2017 James Beard Foundation Book Awards Winner: Vegetable CookingA collection of vegetarian dishes influenced by Middle Eastern flavors from Salma Hage, author of the bestselling classic, The Lebanese Kitchen, also published by Phaidon.A definitive, fresh and approachable collection of 150 traditional recipes from an authoritative voice on Middle Eastern home cooking, Salma Hage’s new book is in line with the current Western trends of consciously reducing meat, and the ancient Middle Eastern culture of largely vegetarian, mezze style dining.Traditionally, the Middle Eastern diet consisted largely of vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, pulses, grains and legumes. Salma simplifies this fast becoming popular cuisine with easily achievable recipes, many with vegan and gluten-free options.Drawing inspiration from ancient and prized Phoenician ingredients, from grassy olive oil to fresh figs and rich dates, this book offers an array of delicious breakfasts and drinks, mezze and salads, vegetables and pulses, grains and desserts. Salma shows how to easily make the most of familiar everyday fruits and legumes, as well as more exotic ingredients now widely available outside of the Middle East, with nourishing recipes so flavourful and satisfying they are suitable for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.

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A collection of vegetarian and vegan dishes influenced by Middle Eastern flavours, from Salma Hage, author of the bestselling The Lebanese Kitchen, also published by Phaidon.This book shows how cooking with vegetables is the perfect way to eat healthily, economically, and sustainably, using easily obtainable ingredients.This style of cooking is increasing in popularity as more and more readers become aware of the positive effects of eating a plant-based diet.Designed for both novice and more experienced home cooks, with most recipes containing gluten-free and vegan variations and every recipe accompanied bya specially commissioned photograph.