Every country in the exotic region along the Mediterranean Sea has developed a cuisine that is similar yet basically distinctive from those of its neighbors. With Egyptian food, the distinction is even greater: it has captured the best features of them all and melded them subtly with basic recipes that have long been popular along the Nile. Here, at last in English, Nora George presents easy to follow recipes that she learned and practiced while growing up in Cairo. Whether you are searching for a new experience in appetizers, soups, salads, meats, seafood, pickles or desserts, Nora George tells you how to proceed and where to find the ingredients in your neighborhood.