Anissa Helou’s Middle Eastern cookery demostrations at the Leighton House Museum, London

Last Thursday, I had the pleasure to attend the wonderful food writer and the cookery author Anissa Helou’s -www.anissas.com- Middle Eastern cookery demostrations at the Leighton House Museum, London. She kindly shared with us her extensive middle eastern ingredients and explained us how they are used in classic dishes. A very informative class, learned a great deal on especially Persian cuisine – it was also wonderful to sample the delicious Turkish dried apricots and sumac berries!- Anissa will continue to be the chef-in-residence at the Leighton House Museum on November 10th and 17th for more demonstrations on Middle Eastern cuisine. Delightful and very informative sessions, if you can make it. For more info, please visit http://www.nourfestival.co.uk/courses1.php
I was born and bred in Turkey, and lived there for 30 years. I feel very fortunate to be a part of this rich and welcoming culture. Turkish cuisine is healthy, delicious, affordable and most recipes are very easy to make. Here, I would like to show you how you can recreate these wonderful recipes in your own home. Living in England, I also cook other Mediterranean inspired dishes and some wonderful sweet treats. I hope the recipes may inspire you to have a go!











Hmmm, now I wish I was in the UK to attend a class like this. Luck you. I can just imagine how much you could learn. Very interesting!
Merhaba Julia,
Indeed lucky me; I love being near to London and all these exposure
Anissa's class was wonderful; she is a master of Middle Eastern cuisine and regularly updates her blog on http://www.anissas.com. I wish you would be here to attend the classes, but at least you can check out her blog for more info on Middle Eastern cuisine.
My best wishes,
Ozlem
I would have liked to attend this lesson as I own most of her books, have met her once in Dallas and admire her a great deal!