Salma Hage (born 8 January 1942) is aLebanese author andcook. She is the author of the bestsellingcookbookThe Lebanese Kitchen.[1] Her second bookThe Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook[2] won her theJames Beard Award in the Vegetable Cooking category.
Hage was born inMazraat El Toufah in northernLebanon in 1942.[3] Her father was aMaronite priest, and she was the eldest of 12 children, learning cookery skills from her grandmother.[4]
In 1967 she moved with her family toWimbledon in south London, UK. She worked as a Kitchen Hand in her mid-twenties, then worked her way up to the role of Head Chef for a large catering organisation, learning to appreciateEnglish cuisine while bringing the flavours of home, of Lebanon, to share with others wherever she cooked.[5] Salma and her husband continue to visit Lebanon every year and remain deeply connected to their roots.[6]
In 2012 Salma wroteThe Lebanese Kitchen[1] forPhaidon Press. A definitive guide to traditional cuisine from Lebanon, the cookery book contains more than five hundred of her recipes from her fifty years’ experience of cooking, ranging from light, tempting mezzes to rich and hearty main courses.[7]
The second cookbook[2] followed in 2016 with one hundred and fifty new recipes in line with the current Western trends of consciously reducing meat, and the ancient Middle Eastern culture of largely vegetarian, mezze style dining. Salma incorporates some new ingredients too, creating a modern approach to authentic Lebanese food with many options forVegan andGluten free diets.[8]Michelin chefAlain Ducasse authored the foreword for this prequel which later won great acclaim including recognition as theJames Beard Award Winner in 2017, in the Vegetable Cooking category.[9][10][11]
Hage, Salma (2024).The Levantine Vegetarian. London: Phaidon Press,ISBN 978-1838667641
Hage, Salma (2021).Middle Eastern Sweets. London: Phaidon Press,ISBN 978-1838663384
Hage, Salma (2018).The Middle Eastern Mezze Cookbook. London: Phaidon Press,ISBN 978-0714876856
Hage, Salma (2016).The Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook. London: Phaidon Press,ISBN 978-0714871301
Hage, Salma (2012).The Lebanese Kitchen. London: Phaidon Press,ISBN 978-0714864808
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