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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Yasmin Rufo

Best Middle Eastern cookbooks for delicious and healthy recipes

I first experienced Middle Eastern cooking as a young child where each morning I’d insist my parents would walk me the long way to school so I could go down the “nice smelling road”.

Upon investigating the origins of the aromas, I was both delighted and shocked to discover a tiny hole in the wall where a Lebanese chef made traditional flatbreads by the dozen. For just a few pounds you were presented with what felt like an endless supply of the most amazing thin and crispy bread.

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