(*NEW ARRIVAL*) Habeeb Salloum & James Peters. From the Lands of Figs and Olives: Over 300 Delicious and Unusual Recipes from the Middle East and North Africa

Illus. with drawings and photographs. Cloth, jacket. First Edition. NY: Interlink, [1995].

San Francisco chef/restaurateur Gordon Drysdale's copy, with his signature to upper front free endpaper. From the Lands of Figs and Olives is one of the most complete books on the cuisine ever published, providing a wealth of exciting new recipes as well as some of the best traditional ones, carefully tested and adapted for the Western kitchen. From everyday basics to special-occasion feasts, the food of the Middle East and North Africa is beautifully rendered in words and color photographs. Mild sunning to jacket spine, else near fine.

(Middle Eastern)