Zaitoun

The recipes in the book are tasty and lovely, but I wouldn't call them authentic, as they are more similar to the idea Yotam Ottolenghi uses of adding mint, coriander and sumac to every recipe to make it middle-eastern.

Beautiful pictures and great history lessons. I really liked the human rights perspective this author has even when discussing the food of a region. I did find myself wishing the pictures (both of the recipes and in the informational parts) were labeled with what they depict.