UNDER THE MEDITERRANEAN SUN

NADIA ZEROUALI & MERIJN TOL, SMITH STREET BOOKS, H/B, $65

We tend to frame Mediterannean cooking by the culinary superstars of Spain, France, Italy and Greece, so all kudos to this book for broadening the definition to north Africa and the Middle East, drawing out the common influences and ringing the changes. Skimming through Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Sicily, Andalusia, Sardinia and Catalonia it’s an ambitious project that’s partly recipe book and partly travelogue, telling about the people and stories encountered along the