We can learn much about the culture of a region from its food, especially when the cooking hasn’t been compromised or watered down for an outside audience. Along these lines, the new “Lebanon: Cooking ...

When she was researching dishes for her book, ''Lebanon: Cooking the Foods of My Homeland,'' writer Anissa Helou found bulgur cooked in various ways in the south of the country that were new to her.

Spring is one of the year’s stacked seasons for cookbooks. In 2026, new releases include an homage to a single beloved ingredient, Southern cooking by way of both Emancipation and China, and a ...

Our cookbook of the week is Lebanon by Anissa Helou.