Middle Eastern Cookbook: 70 Step-by-Step Illustrated Recipes for Authentic Dishes - Perfect for Home Cooking, Dinner Parties & Cultural Cuisine Exploration

I love this Cooking from Above series so much! The recipes are fairly simple to follow if you have any kitchen skills, though for beginning cooks, the recipes may be a bit advanced. The cookbooks have beautiful pictures of all of the ingredients used for each recipe plus a 'road-map' of how how the recipe should flow. My only complaint about the cookbooks is that the spine of the books is VERY low quality and several of my Cooking From Above books are falling apart because the glue which holds the pages in is not good; I baby all my books and these are still falling apart.I have nearly ALL of these books and will leave the same review for them all!This is a great printing. Beautiful full page pictures and step by step instructions.So far I have made the hummus, lamb kabobs and the pita bread. I usually modify marinades to suit my taste but the kabob marinade was spot on. I didn't tell my kids they were eating lamb and they loved it.I would heartily recommend this book to any foodie looking to broaden their palate. Lot of fresh ingredients and herbs. I had no problems finding them in my local grocery.This book will have a spot in my kitchen for many years.I love cooking and I found this book once in my local library. I was searching for it and happened to find it in amazon. The recipes are very descriptive and there are pictures that clearly explain how its supposed to look at each stage. Love it!Easy step by step directions. Bought it for my son who is starting life on his own, and he loves the simple directions.I know nothing about cooking this type of food. So the format and it is excellent for me because of that. The pictures make it really easy to understand and the food comes out great.Beautiful book.The recipes all sound delicious, but the pictures are works of art in and of themselves. With each step carefully described and pictured, it is hard to go wrong.Very authentic tasting dishes and the step by step guides (and pictures) make it easy to follow.The steps were easy to follow...the pictures were fab. Overall a good cookbook to have. I recommend this to anyone who wants to experiment with middle eastern cooking.