So here it is, the culmination of almost 3 years of work, my new book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories From the Eastern Mediterrean is published in the UK today. (US friends, you will have to wait until May 4th, not long to go!). This is perhaps my most personal book to date, and certainly in my mind, my most ambitious, drawing across regional and cultural influences to tell the story of who we are as a species, why we travel for our survival, and what identity means in an interconnected world. The recipes in the book are ones that are inspired from my journey through Greece, Turkey a ..read more

So here it is, the culmination of almost 3 years of work, my new book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories From the Eastern Mediterrean is published in the UK today. (US friends, you will have to wait until May 4th, not long to go!). This is perhaps my most personal book to date, and certainly in my mind, my most ambitious, drawing across regional and cultural influences to tell the story of who we are as a species, why we travel for our survival, and what identity means in an interconnected world. The recipes in the book are ones that are inspired from my journey through Greece, Turkey a ..read more

So here it is, the culmination of almost 3 years of work, my new book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories From the Eastern Mediterrean is published in the UK today. (US friends, you will have to wait until May 4th, not long to go!). This is perhaps my most personal book to date, and certainly in my mind, my most ambitious, drawing across regional and cultural influences to tell the story of who we are as a species, why we travel for our survival, and what identity means in an interconnected world. The recipes in the book are ones that are inspired from my journey through Greece, Turkey and Cyprus ..read more

So here it is, the culmination of almost 3 years of work, my new book Ripe Figs: Recipes and Stories From the Eastern Mediterrean is published today. This is perhaps my most personal book to date, and certainly in my mind, my most ambitious drawing across regional and cultural influences telling the story of who we are as a species, why we travel for our survival and what identity means in an interconnected world. The recipes in the book are ones that are inspired from my journey through Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. It’s a journey through clay-red soils, air that carries the fragrance of orang ..read more

The US edition of Zaitoun: Recipes and Stories from the Palestinian Kitchen (W.W.Norton) will be published on February 4th 2019 and I’m coming stateside for a book tour. Please join me! NEW YORK Wednesday, February 6th 6:30 – 8:30 PM, Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn. In conversation with Kerry Diamond from Cherry Bombe, followed by a food and drinks reception. Get your tickets here   WASHINGTON D.C. Thursday, February 7th 7:00 – 9:00 PM, MakeOffices, Logan Exchange, 1509 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036. In conversation with journalist Dalia Mortada ..read more