Fast Feasts: Quick, Easy Recipes with a Middle-Eastern Twist

Filled with unique interpretations and combinations that push the envelope of weeknight meals, chef Gregory-Smith’s (Saffron in the Souks; Turkish Delights) latest is a breath of fresh air for the quick-and-easy cookbook market. Pandemic isolation, and recollections of traveling throughout the Middle East and North Africa, inspired Gregory-Smith to create these recipes for U.S.-based cooks, focused on practicality. The cookbook’s bright and lively layout and delectable photography are a perfect reflection of the recipes’ fresh ingredients and flavor-forward focus. Each chapter has a quick five-way guide to whipping up fast dinner enhancements (salad dressings; dips) to help round out meals. Most of Gregory-Smith’s recipes include time-savers, make-ahead strategies, and ideas for leftovers. His chapter on working-from-home lunches is extremely timely and welcome, and tons of veg options and lovely desserts make this yummy book hard to resist. Readers may need to re-stock their pantry at a local Middle Eastern market (or order online), but it will be worth it with this book to hand.