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Exploring North African Cuisine

North Africa includes Morocco, Eygpt, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Sudan, some of the world's oldest civilisations. Which means a rich history of food, with distinct and overlapping cuisines full of warmth, spice, and tradition. These books take you into spice markets and home kitchens, bringing you dishes that capture the writers' enthusiasm and knowledge for this delicious culinary region.

The North African Kitchen

The North African Kitchen

Fiona Dunlop

The North African Kitchen is the result of Fiona Dunlop's long fascination with the region where she visits eight of the best home cooks in Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya, shopping and cooking with them, and learning their favorite recipes and cooking tricks.
Taste of Morocco

Taste of Morocco

Robert Carrier

Robert Carrier loved Morocco and spent several months each year in Marrakesh and his enthusiasm for the country, its food, and its people runs through Taste of Morocco. A pioneering volume at the time, the book remains one of the best guides to the warmly-spiced cuisine of this North African country. It features soups such as harira, other local specialties including kefta and various types of tagine, and two different recipes for harissa, the addictive Moroccan red chilli paste.
The Jewelled Kitchen

The Jewelled Kitchen

Bethany Kehdy

In her debut cookbook, Bethany Kehdy explores the common threads that link the cuisines of the Middle East and North Africa, through family recipes and classic regional dishes. “I like to think of this book as an ode to the treasured dishes of the past, embracing a creative and contemporary approach,” she writes. The result: carefully written, flavor-packed recipes that demand to be cooked.
Egypt

Egypt

Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi

This gorgeous cookbook will take you on a unique journey to explore Egypt’s magic via its rich culinary history and the rituals that surround it, with over 140 recipes thoughtfully curated from all over the country and reimagined for a modern home cook.

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Arnold Myint

Arnold Myint

Arnold Myint is a Nashville based chef, retaurateur, broadcaster and and Thai food champion. His parents opened International Market & Restaurant in 1975, their Thai restaurant, and it remains central to the Nashville food scene under his leadership. Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home is his first book.

Marjorie Taylor

Marjorie Taylor

Marjorie Taylor founded The Cook's Atelier, a French cooking school, wine shop, and culinary destination, with her daughter Kendall Smith Franchini in Beaune, France in 2008. Their aim is to share their love of French food, and empower their visitors to cook with confidence. French at Heart is their cookbook, which shares that same philosophy.

Georges Blanc

Georges Blanc

Georges Blanc was born in 1943, and is the third generation to run his family restaurant in Vonnas, a business that was opened in 1872 by his grandparents. He was a finalist in the Meilleur Ouvrier de France in 1976, and was awarded his third Michelin star for the restaurant in Vonnas in 1981. His books include Ma Cuisine des Saisons.

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