A House in the Lebanese Mountains: Recipes & Stories from Beit Trad - Hardcover

by Sarah Trad (Author)

This book opens the doors of a family home in the Lebanese mountains that was transformed into a welcoming guesthouse, offering authentic insight into Lebanese hospitality and traditional home-cooked recipes. It shares the history of the house and the intimate story of a family. Lebanon and the Middle East are continuously in the news because of violence, war, and financial crisis--A House in the Lebanese Mountains offers a different angle. Here there is douceur de vivre and the culture of slow living.

What exists now is a magical, peaceful sanctuary, set high on a hill above Beirut. Welcoming guests with a cedar tree, a generous terrace, and a view of the Mediterranean, Beit Trad offers the best cuisine to be found in the Levant. The home's interior is light, airy, and fundamentally theatrical, drawing on Eastern aesthetics, accents from the souks of Damascus, finds from the flea markets of Beirut, and a touch of Western decor to enrich the Levantine character of the house.

Recipe chapters include vegetable sides and salads; vegetable mains; stews and ragouts; fish and meats; and desserts.

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Beit Trad is more than a guesthouse in the Lebanese mountains; it is a home alive with memory, hospitality, laughter, and above all, life. In this intimate book, Sarah Trad takes us from her childhood summers in Kfour, through the food, warmth, and joy of her mother's legendary gatherings, to the transformation of the house into a guesthouse that embodies the very essence of Levantine hospitality.

Through personal memories, the careful restoration of the estate, and a collection of beloved recipes, A House in the Lebanese Mountains invites readers to experience a way of living where generosity, abundance, and care shape every moment of a house bathed in light. Beit Trad is a refuge, a celebration of Lebanese home traditions, and a living link between generations. It is a place where friends become family, where every visit is a ritual, and where the art of hosting is preserved, shared, and passed on to future generations.