This cookbook is filled with delicious Middle Eastern and Mediterranean recipes that will make your mouth water in anticipation. You will find the perfect dish for your next belly dance hafla, that special occasion or family dinner. Inside you’ll find over 80 recipes for appetizers, main courses, desserts and more, plus a great article about chocolate by Jareeda’s food editor, Arzina. The recipes found in this cookbook come from several sources. Some recipes are authentic down to the last ingredient and received first hand from Middle Eastern friends and relatives, while others are adaptations or originals. Happy Cooking and Happy Eating! Mezdulene Bliss is an American Middle Eastern Dancer with over thirty years of experience and the owner of Jareeda, the world's oldest Middle Eastern dance publication. Mezdulene now provides the dance community with a wonderful new resource, a book filled with delicious recipes. She is also the author of the popular book, "Dances with Veils, a Journey to the Divine Feminine," and the editor/author of the successful "The Soul of Belly Dance."