Eat, Habibi, Eat!: Fresh Recipes for Modern Egyptian Cooking

"Canadian-Egyptian chef Massoud has made a name for himself as a food commentator on the CBC’s The Goods. In this, his first cookbook, he mixes and matches familiar Middle Eastern flavor profiles and dishes to produce comforting and surprisingly effortless effects – like dead-easy Harissa Chicken Thighs rubbed with brown sugar and garlic, or Roasted Cod Sayadieh with savory melted grape tomatoes and a blazing-fast pan sauce. Sesame seeds, black tahini and halva come together in Triple-sesame Carrots with Goat Cheese – a combination that’s at first shocking, then somehow inevitable, like so much in this beautifully produced debut."