The Arab Table is a cookbook by May S. Bsisu with 188 recipes from Arab countries such as Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria. Bsisu has lived and cooked in Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, England and the United States. The recipes come from her extended family, friends and neighbors, along with her own discoveries.
The book covers cold and hot mezza, salads and vegetable dishes, soups, stews and casseroles, baked and grilled meats, poultry and fish, drinks, and desserts. Familiar recipes include Falafel, Chicken and Lamb Kebabs and Baklava. Less well-known ones include Eggplant Pomegranate Salad, Zucchini with Bread and Mint, Grilled Halloumi Cheese Triangles and Arab Flatbread. Celebration dishes include Moroccan and Lebanese Couscous and Baked Lamb with Rice and Chickpeas. Sweets include Semolina Pistachio Layer Cake, Milk Pudding, and pastries filled with dates, nuts or cream and scented with rose and orange-blossom water.
The book also explains the traditions and customs of Arab cuisine. Essays cover holidays such as Ramadan, Eid Al Adha and Mubarakeh, the celebration for the birth of a baby, with menus for each. It also describes customary greetings, gifts and wishes for these occasions.
- Author
- May S. Bsisu
- Recipes
- 188
- Cuisines
- Arab, including Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria
- Recipe types
- Mezza, salads, vegetable dishes, soups, stews, casseroles, meat, poultry, fish, drinks, desserts
- Also includes
- Essays on Arab holidays, menus for each holiday, notes on greetings, gifts and wishes